Originally posted on July 17, 2008....
Rolando at Urbanite brought back a memory for me with a post on The Equalizer from 1985. As he notes, The Equalizer shows Times Square in all its pre-Giuliani glory. (Via Jeremiah)
Here's a clip I found from the show's opening (New York looks so SCARY!):
And where was the Olde Garden, which you see at the 21-second spot?
Oh, and all this makes me think of Cagney & Lacey from 1982 (and what happened to Meg Foster?):
Still, I prefer the gritty realism of other shows. (ACID RAIN in MANHATTAN! @ the 2:26 spot)
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Love is in the air in Tompkins Square Park, and stuff
Earlier today...
Which reminds me... Bobby Williams noted this couple getting married in the Park last week...
Which reminds me... Bobby Williams noted this couple getting married in the Park last week...
This afternoon in the 6th and B Garden
Per the 6th and B Garden website:
The Vagabond Velonators
Long time Local Musician, John Campo, has concentrated on writing music, lyrics, and arrangements that are centered around methods long lost in music, that can live again in his post Bop R&B Triplet Feel. Currently playing with Tom Ryan, rhythm guitarist, they will play arrangements, and sound that falls somewhere in between New Orleans and Harlem traditions, and more.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
8 days left for Joe's Locksmith on Second Avenue
As we first reported back on June 13, Joe's Locksmith in the doomed 9-11 Second Ave. address would close for good on June 30.
However, Joe Filini Jr. was able to squeeze out a few more days of business here before the space is demolished for a 12-story luxury high rise with 65 units. He has eight days left here now.
As the sign shows, he is not moving the business. (There were reports that he was relocating to Brooklyn.)
Meanwhile, speculate all you want about what this means for any nearby businesses...
The Times has a lengthy piece today about the residents and history of the buildings here. Best passage:
In any event, Jeremiah covered a lot of the history already in posts from last month. There are links to all his work on the subject at the bottom of this post.
However, Joe Filini Jr. was able to squeeze out a few more days of business here before the space is demolished for a 12-story luxury high rise with 65 units. He has eight days left here now.
As the sign shows, he is not moving the business. (There were reports that he was relocating to Brooklyn.)
Meanwhile, speculate all you want about what this means for any nearby businesses...
The Times has a lengthy piece today about the residents and history of the buildings here. Best passage:
The building’s impending fall was roundly lamented. “It’s going to be suburban people with babies and a Banana Republic and a Gap and one of those candle stores on street level,” grumbled the set designer and performer Machine Dazzle, who was wearing a homemade sheath and towered over other partygoers in Lucite heels that pushed him to 6 feet 8 inches.
In any event, Jeremiah covered a lot of the history already in posts from last month. There are links to all his work on the subject at the bottom of this post.
'Good morning sunshine'
Those were the words of a chipper EMT upon coming across an unresponsive L.E.S. Jewels on the corner of Avenue A and East Fourth Street. As multiple readers noted, Engine Company 28 and two ambulances arrived on the scene around 11 a.m.
The EMTs told onlookers that LES Jewels was fine. "He's OK, he's OK," one said.
Afterwards, Jewels' corner companion urinated on the sidewalk.
A happy ending for a lost dog
Spotted on Second Avenue at First Street. And no snickering about that headline!
Street fair! Street fair! Street fair!
From Astor Place to East 14th Street. Or maybe it's the other way around...
A mangled tree on Avenue A
Anyone know what happened to this tree on Avenue A at St. Mark's Place?
Photo by Bobby Williams.
Friday, July 15, 2011
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