Niagara, the legendary East Village dive bar located on the corner of Ave A & East 7th St holds a special place in music history as the birthplace of the New York Hardcore scene.

 

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Rough Trade, NYC

Rough Trade, the iconic indie record store, which was founded in West London in 1976, has a large shop which opened in 2021 within the Rockefeller Center complex in Midtown Manhattan. 

Rough Trade is one of the fabulous independent record shops which we feature in our new book “Vinyl NYC: 33 1/3 of the Best Record Stores Across All Five Boroughs”.

Back to Manhattan, NYC ...

 

Chinatown, NYC, not that long ago...

 

Strand Television & Radio Service in Astoria, Queens sold a large variety of used models of televisions and radios but also relied heavily on income from repairs.

 

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Strand Television, Astoria, Queens, not that long ago...

 Photo from our book “STORE FRONT NYC: Photographs of the City’s Independent Shops, Past and Present” which is available at your local bookseller and online worldwide.

Quiet morning, Czech Republic...