Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

There’s a new glass-box addition to the seedy northeast corner of Bowery and Delancey.  With the Bowery Ballroom and JMZ subway entrance mere steps away, the powers that be considered this a high traffic spot for a shiny Cemusa Newsstand.  Just what the already-narrow sidewalk needs.

Like a pestilent parasite, John Varvatos continues to feed off the rock-n-roll aesthetic to peddle its highly overpriced product. Perry Farrell, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Franz Ferdinand all succumbed to the haute couture. Next up, the bearded Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. This particular advert was spotted in the Cemusa bus [...]

Cemusa is no stranger to controversy regarding the rapid takeover of their soulless street furniture. In the recent past, the Spanish company has been plagued with improper spelling and incorrect street designations. And now there is another issue, albeit less egregious. In passing the “upgraded” bus shelters around the neighborhood, we’ve noticed a [...]

Cemusa now has a bus shelter at the northwest corner of Grand and Clinton streets. The questionable “upgrade” continues in earnest.
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While Cemusa continues its quest to conquer the city’s unique street furniture, Grand Street is still holding on for dear life. And successfully, at that. The one-block span between Bowery and Chrystie Street has three blood-red newsstands to serve the bustling outdoor market. Each dilapidated unit might be short on space, but [...]

Over six months ago, Jeremiah wrote a sprawling piece about the proverbial end of the classic city newsstand. In that time, many such outposts have been replaced by soulless glass boxes, each a product of Spanish-owned Cemusa. Precisely the same company that can’t spell Delancey or refers to the Bowery as a street.

Unfortunately, [...]