Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Throwback



I always thought the block of Laight Street next to the mouth of the Holland Tunnel would be a terrible place to live because of all the passing traffic. Remarkably, it's pretty quiet at street level. And what a remarkable restoration they did. If those cars weren't parked there you might be fooled into looking for horses and buggies.

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  1. Anonymous1:18 AM

    this street would be 2000000x better if Wetlands was still on the corner.

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  2. That place is so lost to time I could barely figure out where it used to be. I was trying to remember... There was always the deli on Canal, then it was one... two blocks to Wetlands? I remember you had to go up some steps to get in the door. Anyway, I don't see any traces of it anymore.

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  3. Anonymous2:22 AM

    wetlands would be just a smidgen to the left out of the picture...across varick.. corner of varick and laight... it's some swedish furniture store now..there was a ramp and stairs to get in.

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  4. Anonymous2:23 AM

    hudson and laight i mean

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