First Glance: Popeye’s
Popeye’s, originally uploaded by blackberry2u.
In the midst of the transfat travesty a new Popeye’s appears on the corner of 135th Street and 7th Avenue.
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Popeye’s, originally uploaded by blackberry2u.
In the midst of the transfat travesty a new Popeye’s appears on the corner of 135th Street and 7th Avenue.
[This post featured on curbed.com]
[...] 2) Harlem: Reports Harlem blog Uptown Flavor, “In the midst of the transfat travesty a new Popeye’s appears on the corner of 135th Street and 7th Avenue.” Click through for the blurry plywood, and a reader bemoaning, “Another piece of Harlem History is now gone.” [Uptown Flavor] [...]
[...] by a reader’s comment in a post about the new Popeye’s opening on 135th Street, I decided to get to the core of the missing Big Apple sign that used to be on the [...]
yuck. this neighborhood also suffers from soaring obesity rates. how bout a Subway, so you can have a shot at getting something low fat?
What’s bigger? The number of chicken wings sold per day in Harlem or the sheer weight of hair weave stitched in scalps? Anyone know?
Because what Harlem needs is *another* fried chicken place. It’s sad that the neighborhood will choose Popeye’s over local history.
I thought the “Big Apple” plaque on the side of the building was under Landmark status.
Back in the day that building and Bar had a tawdry reputation
Another piece of Harlem History is now gone.