I absolutely love the raw beauty of these richly colored images of age-old New York City storefronts from James and Karla Murray‘s book Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York. (I used to live right around the corner from this bicycle shop on E 17th!) Sadly, at least a third of the stores in the book have closed since its publication, making the photographs evoke even more feelings of nostalgia in New Yorkers, visitors and ex-pats alike.
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My boyfriend gave me this book and I love it! But I always do feel a twinge of sadness when I think about how many of those stores have been closed down and replaced by a Starbucks.
What a cool but bittersweet project! One of my favorite of my photos is one I shot of Vesuvio. It used to be on Prince Street and I was shocked last fall that it was gone
Mc Sorleys is my absolute favorite bar in NY!