P & G Cafe Sign Takes a Ride
Reader Daniel Roberts sends along this mournful, but amazing picture of the P&G Cafe neon sign being carted away to its new home in a storage facility.
06 February 2009
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
4 comments:
I was so sorry to NOT see the iconic, familiar corner sign yesterday.
P&G was the perfect place to grab a drink before a beacon theatre show or after highschool, and i'm pleased to say that over the years I have plotted many projects over whisky there.
RIP P&G
Corinna
This makes me sick.
Do you have any idea to what storage home it was sent and if it will be auctioned? I want it!
I hope the sign will be refurbished!!!
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