Thanks to Charles Stimson for purchasing and sharing these four photographs from the city archives. Shot for a tax survey in 1939, they show our block and are full of fascinating detail if you click on them to blow them up and look a little closer. Wouldn’t you love to stop off at Marty’s Luncheon for a sandwich? As New York races into the future, it’s quite a thrill to be able to look back and remind ourselves how things used to be.
Nostalgic dessert chain Milk Bar is opening its 10th New York City location Saturday, but this time with new menu items only available at this store near Union Square.
Located at 110 Fifth Ave. and 16th Street, this latest Milk Bar is a part of a new store called Camp, created to be “immersive” shopping for families. The 10,000-square-foot space has a camp theme that will change every eight to 12 weeks, with “base camp,” modeled after children’s summer camps, first up.
To fit into the camp theme, Milk Bar will have a sundae bar with a rotating special — starting off, appropriately, with a s’mores sundae of cereal milk soft serve topped with compost cookie crumbs, charred marshmallows, fudge sauce, and marshmallow sauce. The sundae bar also has very Milk Bar-esque topping options such has cornflake crunch, confetti cookie crumb, and blueberry corn. And Milk Bar classics — crack pie, corn cookie, birthday cake truffles — fill out the rest of the menu, in full below. There’s also Counter Culture coffee.
No one is sure why, but Ramen Setagaya has changed its name to Takumi Ramen. Same menu.
The City Streets store on the street level of our building is set to close up shop. What will come next?
7:00 AM Morning Running Club with Paragon Sports (Fitness)
7:00 AM Boot Camp with Circuit of Change (Fitness)
8:00 AM Yoga with Jivamukti (Fitness)
10:00 AM Yoga StoryTime with Karma Kids (Kids)
11:00 AM Story time with OLIVIA (Kids)
11:15 AM Barry G with Ramblin’ Davey (Kids)
12:00 PM New School Jazz (Music)
6:00 PM Zumba with Sifa (Dance)
Crain’s reports:
Time may be running out for brides to dash to Filene’s Basement. The off-price retailer, famous for its Running of the Brides discount wedding dress events, is on the block. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday, the chain’s Columbus, Ohio-based parent Retail Ventures Inc. said efforts to cut costs “is not likely to lead to sustainable operations for Filene’s basement.”
In January, Retail Ventures had announced the closing of 11 underperforming Filene’s stores, including one in Levittown, N.Y. Yet performance at the remaining 25 locations, which include four in New York City, “has continued to deteriorate significantly since that time,” according to the filing. Retail Ventures, which also owns footwear chain DSW Inc., said it will delay the filing of its annual results with the SEC.
The NYPD 6th Precinct Community Council Meeting
will take place in-person Wednesday June 26th, 7:00 PM
Location: Northwell Lenox Health Greenwich Village,
30 7th Avenue at 13th Street,
Conference Center Room 643
As part of the planned 2024 enhancements to our regular monthly meeting programs, this June meeting will include a panel of guest speakers from the NYC Department of Homeless Services and integral partner agencies: Chris Gonzalez, DSS Chief Strategy Officer, Kevin Perdomo, DHS Assistant Commissioner for Street Homeless Solutions, Tamara Felix, Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) Community Outreach Coordinator. They will address the Homeless Crisis and how they are tackling this important issue in our neighborhood and what information our Community residents and businesses should know.
Join the leadership of the 6th Precinct, your neighbors and local businesses for an update on community affairs. Take this opportunity to listen or to voice your thoughts in an open and informative session. We encourage you to tell/bring a neighbor and be a part of your Community’s voice.
Coffee and treats to be provided by
Marie Blancère French Café & Bakery 301/303 6th Ave., New York