I love this Best Housekeeping sign on Avenue A. Selling appliances since 1924. But how long can it really last? …before some genius entrepreneur turns it into an appliance-themed bar.

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Boy, an apartment in Stuyvesant Town sure was big back in the day. And ruffly. This vintage ad comes from Samuel Zipp, author of Manhattan Projects:

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Back in October, I wrote about how the portrait of Joe Gould has gone missing from the Minetta Tavern, ever since Keith McNally took over the place. I noted how a commenter to Greenwich Village Daily Photo discovered that the painting is now “collecting dust in the owner’s ‘private collection.’”

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More on the art of heroin. [Stupefaction]

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The plywooded corner of 10th St. and 4th Ave. continues to become more interesting since the plans to build a boutique hotel here evaporated.

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After the departure of Treasures & Trifles, western Bleecker loses another antiques shop. Leo Design’s sign–printed in the same font, on the same paper, as T&T’s–says goodbye and “We’re being turned out.” They will, however, be relocating:

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