3560 x 2370 px | 30,1 x 20,1 cm | 11,9 x 7,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
29 octobre 2010
Lieu:
Gem Spa, St Mark's Place at 2nd Avenue, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, USA
Informations supplémentaires:
Gem Spa is a busy, 24-hours, newspaper stand at the corner of St.Mark's Place and 2nd Avenue. The shop has been known by this name since 1957, when the then owners named it after their wives/ex-wives 'Gladys, Etta and Miriam'. It is known for selling authentic New York-style 'egg creams', a chocolate drink consisting of chocolate syrup, whole cream milk and soda water. It contains neither eggs nor cream. One line of thought for the name is that the drink is a cheap version of late 19th century soda fountain milkshakes, which did use whole eggs. St. Mark's Place is a popular shopping destination. A wide variety of retailers includes tattoo artists, vintage clothes shops, punk clothes shops, restaurants and open-fronted market-stalls selling sunglasses, clothing and jewellery, as seen here. The street is lined by red brick tenements, including Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti Building'.
