Bigelow's Second Floor

Call me ignorant. Until now, I had no idea that Bigelow Chemists, the eternal pharmacy in the Village, had a second floor. Anyway, it's not much to see, that second floor. But it has a nice view of Sixth Avenue and Jefferson Market. And the stairwell leading to it is pleasantly of another era.

Bigelow Unbound

When last visited by Lost City, the grand and tall neon sign for the C.O. Bigelow Pharmacy in the Village was wrapped up in ugly scaffolding. It is now free from all encumberments and looking better than ever. That's some good neon action

Bigelow Pharmacy on the Mend

I stopped by the C.O. Bigelow Pharmacy in the Village the other day for a toothbrush and found is caked in scaffolding that all but obscured its iconic neon sign.

A clerk inside said nothing was seriously wrong with the old building structurally. It just needed a little sprucing up. The oldest pharmacy in the U.S. will need that from time to time.

A Good Sign: Bigelow Pharmacy

This Central Village monument is certainly on everyone's short list of great New York signs. (I assume everyone out there has just such a short list.) It's sheer size sets it apart—proportions befitting the oldest continually operating pharmacy in the nation—as does the sign's striking right angle, the arrow at the bottom (in case you missed the store's location just below) and the fact that its visible from several blocks around, due to its hanging near the particular airy and open intersection of several streets.