We'll always have the Gap on St. Mark's Place

This past week, EVG reader Jacob Ford noted that workers removed the anti-tagging defense system from outside the incoming Sephora on St. Mark's Place and Third Avenue. 

And, lickety split, someone slapped another Gap logo out front. 

Meanwhile, a few weeks back, reporter Tom Ryan (a longtime EV resident) wrote a piece for RetailWire titled, "Is Sephora a Threat to the East Village?" 

Read the piece here. (Oh, and EVG is quoted.)