You know that odd little t-shirt shop on the corner of Christopher Street and Greenwich Avenue? The one with all the pre-faded Blondie and Bowie shirts in the window? It appears to be gone. Unless they're just renovating, but it doesn't look like it.
It was called
Christopher's NYC and it had been there for some time. The reader who tipped me off says it was there for decades. Another said for 41 years.
It was praised a few years ago on
Racked: "This obscure and random T-shirt shop gives you the feeling you're walking into a tourist trap but once inside, you realize you've stumbled into something special."
The inside of the shop today looks ransacked, the floor covered with papers, signs, junk. John Lennon wearing his New York City t-shirt. A suit jacket hangs from the ceiling.
This block of Greenwich Avenue is vanishing fast. Many of the storefronts are sitting empty, including recently shuttered Grano Trattoria and the
Firestore. I don't know why Christopher's closed, but I bet it will sit empty for awhile, adding to the
high-rent blight of the area.
You can still
buy their t-shirts online.
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