Love Saves the Day - a kick ass bric a brac shop in the East Village - is also closing this month. I'm way sadder about this psychadelic shop closing. Madonna shopped there in Desperately Seeking Susan. In 2003, it was because of Love Saves the Day that I was able to put together my "Vintage Dorothy" halloween costume. Hell, where are people going to go if they need a naughty Playboy magazine from 30yrs ago, dirt cheat t-shirts and other garments? Or perhaps one of the first Barbie dolls?
Not on St. Marks Place thats for damn sure. Andy's Cheapies, Search and Destroy and other shops on the now squeeky clean (ok, maybe not squeeky but still) street are a joke. Search and Destroy, a "thrift store" t-shirts now range from $35 - $400. Screw that. I actually found a GREAT place that sells tons of cheap (think $5) rock n roll shirts and other lovely vintage stuff in Murray Hill. Go figure.
2 comments:
That totally sucks about the Times Square Virgin MegaStore closing. What else am I going to do now before/after a Broadway play or a show at the Nokia Theatre?
I am certain Forever 21 will fail in that location. New Yorkers don't shop at that store, and tourists have their own Forever 21s in the malls back home.
Let's hope the Union Square Virgin MegaStore stays around (although I've heard otherwise). It really is the only store in the city where one can touch actual CDs before buying them.
Well, it is going to be both of the Virgin Megastores, not only the one in Times Square and now with Circuit City bankrupt and closing their entire chain of stores there are less places to browse music and video for folks like us. You can always go downtown to J&R Music which still has a great selection to browse. Of course this doesn't solve your dilemma when you are at a Broadway play or Nokia and BB Kings show. It's a shame that such giants can go away so easily. Oh well.
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