Igor Roshchin wrote:
Some brick building do not look very old, some - do..
To me, - even in reality, Carl Fischer looks like it may have been
built anywhere between 30s and 50s.
The new glass building was built after I left NY, so 4-5 years is
about right.
Um, you don't really need to confirm it to me - I saw the damn thing
going up almost every day :-)
It is one of the first things I photo'ed with my first digital P&S.
which I got in the summer of 2004.. I liked the
reflections of the older buildings in it.
I just found that Astor Wines has moved to a new place, a few blocks
south:
399 Lafayette (at East 4th St.)
New York, NY 10003
I dont' drink at all, but Trader Joe's has taken over for those who do
who want a bargain... Astor stopped being
a bargain years and years ago... back in the 60's we could get good
cheap wine there.
We used to live on Washinton Pl., just a block away from Washington Sq.
(I used to say that my address was NY, NY, NY)
OMG - Igor - in 1967- August 68 , Sanfedele and I lived for a few
months at 78 Washington Place... a rooming house.
One room with a shared bath.... and you might well have seen me playing
Scrabble in the park.
Too bad I didn't know you then - as I may have seen you on the street.
We liked a small neighborhood-type sushi restaurant right where you live:
Ginger on 1st ave, - just south of 7th street.
I never went to Ginger -- too rich for my blood and I'm not wild about
sushi... Ginger took the place
of a fine old Ukranian meat market - a nice mom and pop establishment
that had to close when the
landlord upped the rent by $5,000. Even if I ate sushi, I wouldn't ever
go there... broke my heart to
see the family go. I'm happy the Polish deli has survived, and that my
news-stand guys are ones that
have been there for at least 10 years.
We haven't been there since 2003, but I just read on Yelp that it
still exists and seems to be doing well. The owner is very nice and
friendly. We were among his first clients and he might still remember us.
It reminds me that we haven't been to NYC for long time.
Cheers,
Igor
Where do you live now?
cheers back,
ann
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