A Good Sign: Lee's Chinese Laundry & Cleaners
Lee's Laundry Chinese & Cleaners? Huh? Oh, wait, Lee's Chinese Laundry & Cleaners.
In Riverdale, The Bronx.
29 February 2008
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
3 comments:
I'm surprised that this has survived in Riverdale...I remember a Chinese Hand Laundry in Yorkville, below street level, when I was a kid. I hope it is still there but I think it may not be.
If you have interest in why Chinese ran laundries, and what happened to them, I created a link to a social history about Chinese laundries: http://samlee.squarespace.com/
When i was young (50s&60s)there was a Lee's Chinese laundry in the building that i was raised in on Longwood Ave in the bx.I wonder if there is any family connection there,gee that would be great after all there years (40yrs at lease)
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