Posted by Jay Livingston
With eight hours to go before things get really rough, New York seems to be taking the approaching hurricane in good humor.
The Town Shop, which has been selling women’s undergarments since the 1880s, remained undaunted.
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Even the headline writers at the tabloids seemed to be working in tandem.
Fairway never closes – on Christmas and New Years, through heavy snows – but it closed its doors at 10 a.m. With the subways and buses shutting down at noon, their many, many employees would have no way of getting home.
But the West Side Market stayed open, and people were lined up waiting to get in.
Trader Joe’s closed.
So did most of the national chains – all of the many Starbucks, Staples, etc. But many of the independent cafés and restaurants are open, So is the tiny Westsider Book shop across the street from Barnes&Noble, which is closed.
And if you want to get your shoes repaired during a hurricane, no problem.
First, as a long term customer of the Town Shop, I just want to say that there are good reasons that place stays awesome. If you can't make it down to the Jewish bra fitters on the LES, there's no better alternative. Also: I'll note that Broadway stores are closed or lines out the front, but over here in Harlem things are calm and open. No line at the store, families walking out of the park slowly as it get shuts down, only three apartments seen with tape on the windows.
ReplyDeleteSorry--awesome = open.
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