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Friday, March 17, 2006

Vesuvio Bakery

Vesuvio Bakery is at 160 Prince Street in SOHO. The green facade is one of the distinctive images and colors of downtown NYC which inhabitants would recognize immediately - the shade of blue green is so striking that nearly everyone that sees the shop comments on the color. The bread is handmade daily and presented simply by being piled up in helplessly beautiful stacks in the windows. The shop is a fixture of the old little Italy in NYC which has survived many generations, a tremendous feat in this city of constant change, and is still family owned. Recently, a few small tables and a wider variety of food have been added. This place became special by preserving itself on its own intimate terms while the neighborhood has gentrified exponentially around it. Seeing it is like taking a few seconds of a visual calming and restorative meditative break.

4 comments:

Eric said...

Hey! I was wondering why nobody had started a NewyorkDailyPhoto yet! Congrats and welcome to the land city daily blogging!

If you care to send me a email (eric at parisdailyphoto.com) I will connect you to the rest of the family!

I can't wait to see more of NY through your eyes.

Eric

midnitebara said...

yuhuu from Akita,Japan. thats a charming bakery and I agree with the green facade. welcome and looking forward to your pictures!!

Brian Dubé said...

Thanks everyone! We will keep posting...it's been fun to get a tour of the world seen through all these different eyes every day...
Lucy

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