The Good Old Days

A fire engine passes by the Star Theater, where today’s Regal 14 Cineplex is located.

News from the University Place dining scene: Nino Selimaj has turned one of several Italian restaurants bearing his given name into a nuevo Latino bistro, with Ricardo Cardona as the consulting chef: Osso Buco in Greenwich Village will become Scarpina Bar & Grill (Nov. 4): 88 University Place (12th Street), (212) 645-4525.

15 Union Square West is how home to a very fancy yoga boutique. Your downward dog has never looked so good.

Reminder that annual shareholders’ meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 10, at 7PM.

Location: International Seafarers’s House: 123 East 15th St., 2nd floor.

This view shows the east side of 5th Ave. at 13th St. in 1911. In other words, it’s where the New School now has its main entrance. Down the block on 13th St. you can see the tallish building that is now apartments. Ah, the good old days. Note that even in 1911, those elegant brownstones had seen better days. Since then, three large buildings have stood on this block, so that’s one reinvention about every 35 years.

Credit: New York Public Library Digital Collection.