That's a rather small drop in a vast sea of Starbucks and Armani (and the same thing has been happening steadily in the Chelsea/Flatiron district for many years).
I'd be in favor of a permanent Bowman presence in Soho if for no other reason than it might very well bring the property values down. (What with the Ying Tong Iddle I Po blaring all night and day....) Badger (I should have been at work half an hour ago) Girl ---------- >From: "alan bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: FLUXLIST: What's Fluxus. What's Yuppie Scum >Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2003, 4:23 AM > > Henry Flynt still lives in , I think it's, Maciunas' last place. > > The Emily Harvey Gallery is in the loft where Maciunas was beaten up on > Broadway and in the same building but on theMercer St side there's Ay-O and > Paik and somewher upstairs Simone Forti. > The EHG space was also, previously Jean Dupuy's Grommet Gallery. > The basement and sub-basement are really interesting too, along with Ay-O's > Black hole there's also the boiler/furnace that Yoko Ono broke and the one > Yoshi Wada built as well as all those nooks and crannies that just beg to be > explored. > > The building which consists of 537 Broadway and 110 Mercer was bought, as > Meryl says, in the early days and on the whole the inhabitants are, well, > getting on a bit. I fear that in the next 10 - 15 years we'll see major > changes and another piece of Fluxus history will disappear. > > I suggest that Allen Bukoff buy the building outright and that he turfs out > the dance studio allowing me to move in - that way we can ensure that groovy > goings on will continue for a goodly while - what with me being young and > that like! > > All those in favour (you can come and stay!) ? > > alan > > > >
