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Gem Spa was a newspaper stand and candy store located on the corner of St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It opened under another name in the 1920s, and was renamed in 1957. It was open 24 hours a day, and was known for being commonly considered to be the birthplace of the authentic New York City-style egg cream, which its awning described as "New York's Best."
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| dbo:abstract | Gem Spa was a newspaper stand and candy store located on the corner of St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It opened under another name in the 1920s, and was renamed in 1957. It was open 24 hours a day, and was known for being commonly considered to be the birthplace of the authentic New York City-style egg cream, which its awning described as "New York's Best." Often referred to as a bodega, in the 1950s, Gem Spa was a gathering place for beats, and in the 1960s it was a hippie hangout, known for selling a wide selection of underground newspapers. New York Magazine named it the best newsstand in the East Village in 2001. On May 7, 2020, owner Parul Patel announced that the physical store would not re-open due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and rent increases, despite community efforts and a social media campaign to keep it open. The building in which Gem Spa was located, 131 Second Avenue, or 36 St. Marks Place, was built in 1898-1900 and was designed by Louis F. Heinecke in the Renaissance Revival style. It is located within the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District, which was created in October 2012. (en) Gem Spa est un magasin de journaux et de bonbons situé à Manhattan, à New York, au coin de St. Mark's Place et de la Seconde Avenue, à proximité d'East Village. Il a ouvert sous un autre nom dans les années 1920, pour recevoir son nom actuel en 1957. Il est ouvert 24 heures sur 24, et est connu pour être généralement considéré comme le lieu où est né l'authentique egg cream new yorkais, décrit sur son auvent comme le meilleur de New York (« New York's Best »). Il a la particularité de se faire livrer les magazines un ou deux jours avant les autres kiosques à journaux de New York et de ne pas vendre de magazines pornographiques. Dans les années 1950, Gem Spa était un lieu de rassemblement pour les beatniks, puis dans les années 1960, il fut fréquenté par les hippies. Connu pour vendre une large gamme de journaux underground. New York Magazine le désigna comme le meilleur kiosque à journaux de l'East Village en 2001 et il a fait l'objet de présentations dans des émissions télévisées sur l'alimentation dont les (en) de (en). Une des plus célèbres toiles du peintre new yorkais Jean-Michel Basquiat s'intitule Gem Spa, nom qui est écrit, avec d'autres mots, sur le tableau, en référence au magasin de journaux. Il ferme définitivement en 2020. (fr) |
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| dbp:align | left (en) |
| dbp:areaServed | dbr:East_Village,_Manhattan |
| dbp:defunct | 2020 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:fate | bankruptcy (en) |
| dbp:foundation | 1921 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:founder | Goldfeder family (en) |
| dbp:genre | dbr:Newsstand dbr:Candy_store |
| dbp:location | 131 (xsd:integer) dbr:Manhattan |
| dbp:locationCity | New York City (en) |
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| dbp:name | Gem Spa (en) |
| dbp:owner | Goldfeder family (en) Irving Stein (en) Ray Patel (en) Ruby Silverstein and Harold Shepard (en) |
| dbp:predecessor | none (en) |
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| dbp:quote | 1950.0 (dbd:second) |
| dbp:services | newspapers, magazine, food and mini mart services (en) |
| dbp:source | —Gary Valentine of Blondie (en) |
| dbp:successor | none (en) |
| dbp:type | Private (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Gem Spa was a newspaper stand and candy store located on the corner of St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It opened under another name in the 1920s, and was renamed in 1957. It was open 24 hours a day, and was known for being commonly considered to be the birthplace of the authentic New York City-style egg cream, which its awning described as "New York's Best." (en) Gem Spa est un magasin de journaux et de bonbons situé à Manhattan, à New York, au coin de St. Mark's Place et de la Seconde Avenue, à proximité d'East Village. Il a ouvert sous un autre nom dans les années 1920, pour recevoir son nom actuel en 1957. Il est ouvert 24 heures sur 24, et est connu pour être généralement considéré comme le lieu où est né l'authentique egg cream new yorkais, décrit sur son auvent comme le meilleur de New York (« New York's Best »). Il a la particularité de se faire livrer les magazines un ou deux jours avant les autres kiosques à journaux de New York et de ne pas vendre de magazines pornographiques. (fr) |
| rdfs:label | Gem Spa (en) Gem Spa (fr) |
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| foaf:name | Gem Spa (en) |
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