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Tuesday, September 25. 2012

Great Jones St.

Those are old twin stables, the Scott's and the Beinecke's, in the East Village.  Hard to imagine how many stables there were in NYC in 1870. Many converted to modern purposes. The paired red buildings.


I've been inside functioning NYC stables. Usually 3 stories: 1st floor for office, carriages and saddles, horse ramp to second floor with stalls, 3rd floor as a hayloft. Hole in floor of second storey to dumpster below. Perfect firetraps.


 



Caught a grim play about the Armenian genocide at the Atlantic Theater Co, then grabbed a very early supper at Gemma (335 Bowery St) - acceptable Italian food, great atmosphere, busy bar scene, full of happy, attractive young folks.


In fact, the East Village, the Lower East Side and Alphabet City have undergone an astonishing change in the past 10 years. It's been gentrified by throngs of youth, and they all look good. No dirty hippies or addicts there anymore, or, it seems, many people over 40.


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Gemma:




Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink, Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 20:28 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Couldn't tell what you meant by "those are old twin stables", did you mean the two buildings in the picture that were red brick colored? or something else?
#1 LP on 2012-09-25 20:49 (Reply)
I mean the two with the eyebrow windows.
#2 LP on 2012-09-25 20:51 (Reply)
Stables, urban or otherwise, are generally perfect firetraps. Of course the fires that start with urban stables can become legendary - just ask Mrs. O'Leary!

The topic of horses in NYC is an interesting one. I find it difficult to imagine a teeming city powered primarily by horses. I love horses just fine, thank you, and enjoy the scent of a well run stable but I am also painfully familiar with what it smells like when there are a LOT of horses in close proximity, especially when some illness is running through the herd. Extremely unpleasant.

If you are interested:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/when-horses-posed-a-public-health-hazard/

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/our-economic-past-the-great-horse-manure-crisis-of-1894/

How Dead orse Bay got its name:
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/18/nyregion/fyi-634484.html

At the height of the horse powered NYC, some 15,000 dead horses a year needed to be removed from the streets of NY. Yikes!

Much of the agriculture of the entire area went to feeding draft animals.
#3 Knucklehead (Link) on 2012-09-26 11:37 (Reply)
Isn't that ironic. Once again, a large portion of our agricultural output is going for horsepower again, in the form of ethanol.
#3.1 Frank Waleczak on 2012-09-26 14:10 (Reply)
"Isn't that ironic. Once again, a large portion of our agricultural output is WASTED for horsepower again, in the form of ethanol."

There, fify!
#3.1.1 Earl T on 2012-09-26 18:06 (Reply)
"No dirty hippies or addicts there anymore"

Try the east side of 3rd Ave between St. Marks (8th) and 9th.

"the Atlantic Theater Co" was founded by by David Mamet and William Macy. Mamet, much to the distress of the cultural establishment, came out as a conservative a couple of years ago.

Your comment on Gemma is right on. BTW, in the picture above you will see the sign for "Five Points" which is a restaurant that has an excellent weekend brunch.
#4 Walter Sobchak on 2012-10-21 12:48 (Reply)

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