Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Maryland Furniture & Bedding, The Bronx, NYC: Closed
Eddie Unda opened Maryland Furniture in 1962 and installed the huge neon sign that same year. In 2007, Eddie told us that he almost lost the whole business because of that sign.
I don't keep the Maryland Furniture neon sign lit anymore because it got too expensive to maintain and believe it or not, I almost lost my entire business because of that sign. It used to be a very small fee the City charged in order to keep an illuminated neon sign on your business. I remember paying about $76 a year and then they slowly raised it and when it reached over $200, I wrote a letter to the City that I would not be renewing the permit, but in the early 1980s i got a letter from the City saying that they had foreclosed on my business because I hadn't paid my neon sign permit fees. I was so upset because my whole life is this store and they were going to take it away from me. I had to hire a lawyer and go to City Court and fight to get my store back. I ended up having to pay the City $1,200 in order to own my business again. Eddie Unda, owner
According to our blog follower, Scott Andrew Hutchins, "the building is vacant and the building owner's number with a for sale sign is hanging on the storefront."
(Image from STRORE FRONT: The Disappearing Face of New York)
(Image from STRORE FRONT: The Disappearing Face of New York)
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Our interview and storefront photos with Andrew Ramos for PIX11 TV
Junior’s for sale: The disappearing face of classic NYC amid luxury glass and steel - watch video here:
http://pix11.com/2014/02/20/the-disappearing-face-of-classic-nyc-amid-luxury-glass-and-steel/#axzz2tu59Dc11
http://pix11.com/2014/02/20/the-disappearing-face-of-classic-nyc-amid-luxury-glass-and-steel/#axzz2tu59Dc11
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Junior's - "Junior’s to sell flagship Brooklyn location to make way for condos" Rolando Pujol
Read more: http://pix11.com/2014/02/19/juniors-to-sell-flagship-brooklyn-location-to-make-way-for-condos-report/#ixzz2trz4QLVU
(Below image from our book NEW YORK NIGHTS)
(Below image from our book NEW YORK NIGHTS)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Old Town Bar, Union Square Park Area, NYC
The Sign and the Bar (Bottom image from our book NEW YORK NIGHTS):
Monday, February 17, 2014
Dixie Drifter Grocery & Variety, Harlem, NYC
(From our book STORE FRONT: The Disappearing Face of New York)
