Decrepitude Returns

Regular readers of this blog may remember a post I wrote back in December of 2014, about the beloved Lumé, on Avenue C, and how not even decrepitude and discounts for locals could save it from closing.

This is the picture I posted, from that time:

Picture from that time.

I passed by there again this past Saturday, and saw this:

Newly decrepit stairs.

Even though the bar has been closed for a year, someone saw fit to replace the stairs, which time and the elements saw fit to degrade again!

Everything tends toward entropy… in the East Village Today!

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Wither Lumé?

While walking up Avenue C yesterday, I spotted these stairs, leading into a bar (now out of business) called Lumé:

Dilapidated stairs.

Inside the door was this chalkboard sign:

10% off for all locals.

How could a place like this close? It had all the right ingredients — dilapidated stairs, a discount for local residents — everything needed for success in the East Village!

Some mysteries are just not meant to be solved.

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