Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Ever since a weekend of strong winds brought the Vicmarr Electronics sign to its knees, the deteriorating storefront marquee of 88-90 Delancey had been a fleeting manifestation of the old neighborhood. A reminder of a specific time and place that has since passed on.  Yet now, a month later, all that is history, as a [...]

Orchard Street still hates the new sequel.  This same phonebooth was bombed again with anti-Sex and the City sentiment.  That’s twice in as many weeks.

Shocking!  In a city that exploits every nook and cranny for advertising dollars, it’s definitely rare to see a subway entrance without some sort of billboard to welcome straphangers.  Like this one.  The Broadway-Lafayette access point adjacent to BP on East Houston recently lost its television-screen billboard.  It hadn’t been working for weeks. Looks so [...]

From the look of it, Orchard Street hasn’t taken too kindly to the Sex and the City sequel marketing blitz.  The faces on this phonebooth-wrapping advertisement have all been crossed out. Take that, Carrie.

Spotted at the corner of Rivington.

With the recent flight of Plum boutique from 124 Ludlow, its windows morphed into just another advertising space. In this case, a temporary multimedia installation for Vitamin Water.  Now, where’s the annoying companion ad poster that says Ludlow Street gets its vitamins?

As reported last month, Subway is opening another franchise location at 66 Delancey (aka Subway 66).  To officially announce its presence, the future foot-long hub added a huge hype banner to the storefront scaffolding yesterday morning.  Subman likely to follow!