Please join us as we lead a Store Front walking tour of the East Village and Lower East Side this coming Sunday, June 7th at 12 pm (noon) sponsored by the Municipal Arts Society of New York.

Please join us as we lead a Store Front walking tour of the East Village and Lower East Side this coming Sunday, June 7th at 12 pm (noon) sponsored by the Municipal Arts Society of New York. @mas_nyc The cost is $20/$15 Members We will visit some of the remarkable ‪#‎momandpop‬ ‪#‎storefronts‬ documented in our book "Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York" and "New York Nights" and remember those that have disappeared. We will stop in many culinary specialty stores and sample ‪#‎food‬ Tickets can be purchased online at www.mas.org or call (212) 935-2075 Monday-Friday 9-5. Meeting location is provided after tickets are purchased. Tour will proceed rain or shine.
Sunshine Theater was established in 1917 by Charlie Steiner, but previously was a church and then a nickelodeon showing Yiddish theater. The Sunshine Theater remained in business until 1945 but was reopened in late 2001 as an art-house multiplex after a $12 million renovation. The theater site is now being marketed to developers with an asking price of $35 million, so although Sunshine Theater's lease runs through 2018, its future looks in serious jeopardy. Photo and full text appear in our book "New York Nights". ‪#‎storefront‬ ‪#‎theater‬ ‪#‎lowereastside‬ ‪#‎saveNYC‬ ‪#‎cinema‬ ‪#‎masnyc‬