Weird Scenes From Times Square Virgin Megastore's Final Days
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23 March 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.
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What's with the bottles of Jack?
Peter
Are those bottles of JD really selling for 5 bucks a pop? I may have to go investigate myself.
Those are really bottles of JD, guys. There's not booze in them, just brown liquid. I have no idea what they were used for. Selling box sets of Lynyrd Skynyrd?
the bottles of JD were used as decoration above the listening stations.
I'd love to have a row of listening stations in my living room, but my wife would kill me.
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