I was once again drawn like a magnet to the Meatpacking District on Greenwich Village’s far west side, which is one of those neighborhoods that has been reinvented twice over…since…
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When I first saw this painted sign on Gansevoort between Greenwich and Washington, above the former Florent restaurant, I naturally assumed it said “Burnham’s BEET Wine.” Actually the T is…
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This Type G Corvington lamppost, defaced with a modern sodium yellow luminaire, was listing visibly when I photographed it at Gansevoort and Little West 12th Streets in the Meatpacking in…
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Samuel Underberg, a food supplies company, had offices in this building  that stood on Atlantic Avenue between Flatbush and 5th Avenues for many decades, and the company made sure you…
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Hector’s Cafe, on Washington and Little West 12th Street, like your webmaster has seen a great deal of changes and remained pretty much the same. When the diner first opened…
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Except for a few wholesalers on Little West 12th between West and Washington Streets, the Meatpacking District, now the home of fashion retail and super-expensive apartment houses, has pretty much…
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Despite the rigors of over a century’s worth of wind, rain and storms, the painted sign identifying Middendorf & Rohrs Grocers is still identifiable at #1 Little West 12th Street.…
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In July 2010 I stumbled in the dead dog heat on West 30th Street (the fruits of that labor are included on West 30th Part 1 and West 30th Part…
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Comes the word this week (May 4, 2009) that one more butcher is leaving the Meatpacking District… as the NY Post ran it, according to Pat LaFrieda, “A lot of people would like to…
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Of course, the far west end of 14th Street isn’t dead; it’s arguably more active than it ever was, with celebrity-bait restaurants, clubs and fashion boutiques. However, with the impending…