MrBern
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I wish there was a photo so you could see th old timey neon facade of this old bar. On the inside, its just an old bar. Nothing pretentious or prefabricated.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/nyregion/thecity/05bar.html
At a Place Time Forgot, the Clock Is Running Out
snip:
By ALEX MINDLIN
Published: November 5, 2006
With its blank facade surmounted by a huge, wraparound neon sign from the 1940s, the P & G bar and grill is a fixture of the Upper West Side, perhaps the most recognizable neighborhood bar in those parts, and one of the last left standing.
Opened in 1942 at Amsterdam Avenue and 73rd Street, the bar is rich with indifferently preserved history. The signature of the gangster Bugsy Siegel adorned a wall in the basement, until somebody accidentally painted over it. A secret staircase to the old speakeasy downstairs is walled up. The walls and ceiling are painted with a detailed mural depicting pine forests and a turreted Renaissance palace, a scene now mostly hidden by wood-veneer paneling and an acoustic drop-ceiling.
Now P & G may be headed for oblivion. The board of the co-op building that is its landlord has refused to renew the bar’s lease, which expires at the end of 2008, and has made clear that the bar should not expect a reprieve.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/nyregion/thecity/05bar.html
At a Place Time Forgot, the Clock Is Running Out
snip:
By ALEX MINDLIN
Published: November 5, 2006
With its blank facade surmounted by a huge, wraparound neon sign from the 1940s, the P & G bar and grill is a fixture of the Upper West Side, perhaps the most recognizable neighborhood bar in those parts, and one of the last left standing.
Opened in 1942 at Amsterdam Avenue and 73rd Street, the bar is rich with indifferently preserved history. The signature of the gangster Bugsy Siegel adorned a wall in the basement, until somebody accidentally painted over it. A secret staircase to the old speakeasy downstairs is walled up. The walls and ceiling are painted with a detailed mural depicting pine forests and a turreted Renaissance palace, a scene now mostly hidden by wood-veneer paneling and an acoustic drop-ceiling.
Now P & G may be headed for oblivion. The board of the co-op building that is its landlord has refused to renew the bar’s lease, which expires at the end of 2008, and has made clear that the bar should not expect a reprieve.
