30th
So, why am I writing about all this now? Well, my friend Jeremiah Moss wrote up a post on Vanishing New York yesterday, and dropped it onto my Facebook timeline with the question, “Is your heart still beating?” According to Jeremiah’s piece, Bleecker Bob’s is soon to become a —- WAIT FOR IT — Starbuck’s.
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Enjoy your grande frappuccinos, you fuckers.
Flaming Pablum: Farewell to Bleecker Bob’s?
I think I’ve been to Bleecker Bob’s maybe once, but it’s ingrained in my head from building dodgeball.com back in 2001. Bleecker Bob was the edge case that taught me to deal w/ the nuances in the different ways in which people spelled “Bleecker” and the different places on Bleecker Street that all had “Bleecker” in the name (Bleecker Bob, Bleecker Bar, Bleecker Books)
ps: has anyone ever made a list of “legendary” NYC venues that have been replaced by Starbucks? (Like a side-by-side “The Bean, East Village -> Starbucks in Dec 2011”)
