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Thursday, January 21. 2010

Oldest operating barbershop in NYC

 


It's Paul Mole on Lexington, in operation since 1912. There are still guys who get a straight razor shave there every morning on their way to work - hot towels etc. I am told many guys get a weekly trim. Not me.


And yes, they have a shoeshine guy there too.

Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 10:38 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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That's a cultural artifact that will always be with us...thank God.
#1 model_1066 on 2010-01-21 13:37 (Reply)
My biggest treat when I was traveling to London many years ago...ah, yes, the hot towels, nothing like it, so magnificently civilized. Will make a note of Paul Mole's NY shop for my next trip to the big city.
#2 greenmtnpunter on 2010-01-22 10:34 (Reply)
One of the best haircuts I've had was in a barbershop in a subways station somewhere near Lincoln Center. I had some time to kill, there was a barbershop, and I did need a haircut after all.
I paid about a third of what I was used to paying back in the midwest, it took all of about three minutes to complete, and it looked sharp.
If I had such a facility on my way to or from work I probably would use it once a week.
#3 DOuglas2 on 2010-02-05 11:34 (Reply)

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