Fine Fair

About 6 months ago I had a nightmare. I was walking through rubble that spread from Delancey to Grand and from Essex to about Pitt Street. There was a faint path I walked on, but I was carrying a lot of bags from FINE FAIR. I realized that a huge chunk of my neighborhood was gone. I walked along sobbing and feeling like no one else cared that all this was lost.

--Karen Gehres

McSorley's Bed & Breakfast

I spend a final night sleeping at McSorley's, which is a bed and breakfast, before they dismantle the place to be sold to either McNally or DeLucie. The new owner will be putting the memorabilia back once it's cleaned up, but "it will never be the same." EV Grieve comes in carrying a large quiche. I take pictures of the photos coming down from the walls and weep.

--JM

Loews Village 7

Last night I dreamed they demolished the Loews Village 7 cinema to build a "fashion salon." I was taking pictures of the demolition and overheard an older couple talking. The woman said, "Where are we going to see movies now? Up in the 50s or 60s where we'll be mugged and killed?" I then started weeping inconsolably for the loss of the Loews 7, feeling my movie-going choices taken away.

--JM