Disappearing Storefronts: The Edifice Complex and the City’s Changing Face
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New York’s neighborhood storefronts have long had the city’s history carved into their unusual, distinct facades. Each of these little stores is as unique as the neighborhood residents that they serve and are run by shopkeepers committed to providing a special service. Many of these shops have long served as essential parts of their communities, vital to the residents who depend on them for a multitude of everyday needs. But the storefront shops are quickly disappearing, as their neighborhoods are transformed by both rapid gentrification and quickly escalating rents in the real estate market.
The dwindling number of these commercial relics on the city’s rapidly changing streets range from tiny, humble “mom and pop” neighborhood stores tucked away on narrow side streets to well-known institutions on historic streets. The photographs of the city’s disappearing storefronts shown here provide a view of the rapid social and economic changes that are threatening the life of unique enterprises that have long made the city’s neighborhoods distinctive.
This piece presents a number of nostalgic photographs of the disappearing little storefronts, as well as a memorable slideshow with more photographs of these rapidly vanishing neighborhood storefronts.
The dwindling number of these commercial relics on the city’s rapidly changing streets range from tiny, humble “mom and pop” neighborhood stores tucked away on narrow side streets to well-known institutions on historic streets. The photographs of the city’s disappearing storefronts shown here provide a view of the rapid social and economic changes that are threatening the life of unique enterprises that have long made the city’s neighborhoods distinctive.
This piece presents a number of nostalgic photographs of the disappearing little storefronts, as well as a memorable slideshow with more photographs of these rapidly vanishing neighborhood storefronts.
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