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not sure what will be taking over this pet store that's resided on the corner of Houston and Eldridge for over 20 years. as we expected, searching Curbed, we found they scooped a bit of info on the place back in January - and it looks like ANOTHER HOTEL! dam, our heads are spinning with the increasing misery the over-development of our hood has brought. as L.O.C.O. can tell you, it's already out of control and ruining the beauty of one of NY's most historic neighborhoods and the lives of people living here. we can't even keep track of the number of hotels being built in the LES, think it's up to 5. fuck.

Posted on July 08, 2005 in NY Construction, Pressing Issues | Permalink

Bowery breakdown
many of the East Village's oldest and coolest building were recently demolished to make way for the Avalon Chryistie's additional complex that extends several blocks north of the massive main structure (seen in background.) knowing this beauty was coming down, we snapped a couple shots to remember her by.

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the building (and graf) in the second photo in this post are also gone

Posted on July 07, 2005 in NY Construction, NY Graffiti & Steert Art | Permalink

Future New York
paper is the perfect collectable for city living. there's tons of great stuff out there to find and it's easy to store. under the bed we've got a box full of interesting postcards, photos and other various scraps of paper collected over the years. inspired by One Man Safari, we took a snap of one of our favorites, a cool old NY postcard (circa 1917) titled: Future New York, "The City of Skyscrapers," New York - that depicts a city packed with skyscrapers, a sky filled with small air craft and trains that run through buildings...

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