Looking For Transients?
Windsor Garage Transients, originally uploaded by emilyrems.
I suggest the Upper East Side! In other vintage NYC neon news, I returned home from band practice on Sunday night to find an intriguing phone message waiting for me from one Cassi Feldman of the New York Times. She is the reporter who first did the Times story about the tragic death of Reginald Chan, the owner of East Village landmark Jade Mountain, who was killed last September by a truck while making a bike delivery. I guess the family bailed after his death, so now Jade Mountain, a 2nd Avenue fixture since 1931, is closing, and with it is going their evocative neon signage, which is what brings Cassi to me now. A year or so ago, I blogged about how much I love the Jade Mountain sign, and Cassi found this blog entry while researching the sign to see if anyone would care that it’s going to come down (surely to be replaced with a Chase or a Starbucks or something equally douchey). So I called Cassi back and I said YES! It makes me WISTFUL that it’s coming down! Alas! Alack! Listen to me! I’m a cranky old Jew whose neighborhood is being destroyed! So now I think I’m going to be quoted in her Times article this coming Sunday. Check it out and share the wist or whatevs.