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Manny's Music in NYC is set to close its doors this spring Legendary Manny's Music to Close
by Rebecca Dirks New York, NY (March 11, 2009) -- An era that spanned nearly 75 years will come to an end this spring when Manny’s Music closes its doors for the last time. The legendary guitar store that served everyone from Hendrix and the Beatles to Clapton and U2 is set to close in May. Located on New York City’s Music Row, West 48th Street Manny’s opened in 1935 and has seen countless stars. The store’s walls are a testament to its history—they’re covered in framed, autographed glossies of the patrons who have passed through the doors.  Other stores on Music Row are feeling the squeeze as well, and some worry that it’s only a matter of time until the entire neighborhood is gone. In a March 2008 article in The Real Deal, a New York real estate magazine, Sam Ash President Paul Ash and Manny’s grandson Ian Goldrich both commented on the Rockefeller Group’s push to purchase the surrounding property. The Goldrich family still owns the building Manny’s is located in. “I get at least a call a day from someone who wants to buy the building,” Goldrich told The Real Deal. The store was purchased by Sam Ash in 1999. Ash told Premier Guitar in June 2008 that the company purchased the store because it was having troubles, and they believed it was an institution that should be maintained. Manny’s grandson, Ian Goldrich, continued to run the store after Sam Ash’s purchase. Neither Ash nor Goldrich could be reached for comment. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From the Daily News section of Premier Guitar magazine (April 2009) Now that's sad. 
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It will be the first in many more indie owned shops going out in NYC, among alot more things in NYC. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg NYC is becoming "rich" only, and its spreading through the boros like wildfire. Not that it didnt cost alot for rent in NYC before, but under him its risen 35%. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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lastdecember said: It will be the first in many more indie owned shops going out in NYC, among alot more things in NYC. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg NYC is becoming "rich" only, and its spreading through the boros like wildfire. Not that it didnt cost alot for rent in NYC before, but under him its risen 35%.
Very sad state of affairs. Many historical music landmarks that I grew up with have bitten the dust. (Fillmore East, Cafe Au Go Go, Garrick Theatre, Electric Circus, Steve Paul's Scene, etc.). tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: lastdecember said: It will be the first in many more indie owned shops going out in NYC, among alot more things in NYC. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg NYC is becoming "rich" only, and its spreading through the boros like wildfire. Not that it didnt cost alot for rent in NYC before, but under him its risen 35%.
Very sad state of affairs. Many historical music landmarks that I grew up with have bitten the dust. (Fillmore East, Cafe Au Go Go, Garrick Theatre, Electric Circus, Steve Paul's Scene, etc.). tA Tribal Disorder
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I love that shop, and I love that street. I used to buy shakers and sheet books from Sam Ash right after I would come out of Manny's. That used to be one of my traditions whenever I visit NewYork | |
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