Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Defying the odds, the unique corner newsstand at the junction of West Third and Sixth Avenue was revived earlier this week.  For a little over a year, the green box had fallen into disrepair, papered with stickers, flyers, and the like.  But now it’s back, having dodged the Cemusa glass bullet.

The latest old-world neighborhood newsstand to succumb to the antiseptic touch of Cemusa was located at the northeast corner of Grand Street and Bowery.  Situated on a such a narrow slice of concrete, the newly-erected glass enclosure seems to inhibit the flow of human traffic.  Not only that, given its close proximity to the front [...]

For nearly 80 years, various vendors utilized 234 Thompson Street to cater to the neighborhood; the latest incarnation was Thompson Street News.  It shuttered in December 2006 amidst neighborhood outcry, and has since remained quietly vacant.  Indeed, the last semblance of activity was the placement of a sign which read, “save our newsstand, save our [...]

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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.

The vacant newsstand near the corner of Thompson and West Third Streets recently received a fresh makeover. Instead of the traditional green with requisite graffiti, the whole facade is now painted brown. And while the original awning still hangs, gone is the urgent plea which once proclaimed, “Save our newsstand, save our community.” Needless to [...]