Difference between revisions of "West Side Market"
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| − | '''West Side Market''' | + | '''West Side Market''' is a supermarket at 110th and Broadway. After being closed for three years due to the construction of a new building on its site, it reopened on June 1, [[2007]]. |
| − | + | ==History== | |
| − | West Side Market | + | The market originally located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to [[Columbia Hot Bagels]]. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/10/28/News/Columbia.Hot.Bagels.May.Not.Return-2041095.shtml Spec article: CoBag may not return]</ref> |
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| + | Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in [[Morningside Heights]]. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/10/08/News/110th.Building.Enters.Final.Phase-2033435.shtml Spec article: Building enters final phase]</ref> West Side Market opted to return to the new building, while CoBag chose not to. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/28/News/West-Side.Market.To.Return-2509921.shtml Spec article: West Side Market to return]</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
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| + | [http://www.bwog.net/articles/westside_story Westside Story] on [[the Bwog]] | ||
[[Category:Supermarkets in Morningside Heights]] | [[Category:Supermarkets in Morningside Heights]] | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 7 June 2007
West Side Market is a supermarket at 110th and Broadway. After being closed for three years due to the construction of a new building on its site, it reopened on June 1, 2007.
History
The market originally located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to Columbia Hot Bagels. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. [1]
Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in Morningside Heights. [2] West Side Market opted to return to the new building, while CoBag chose not to. [3]
