Greenwich Hotel is losing its least pretentious neighbor (not counting St. Luke’s) as The Hub Station, the community bike shop on Morton Street between Greenwich and Hudson, will be closing soon. I talked to the owner of the store (and his incredibly human-like dog, Scout), and he said the lease is up and the rent is doubling, so they’re still trying to find a new location.

Sexton talks about our school’s high standard of intertwining the experience of living in New York with the NYU education, but just as we make businesses thrive, we also cause them to wither up and die. And to be honest, I’ve learned nothing so far from G-Ho’s neighbor, the Archive (and I hate buildings - other than dorms, of course - that have their own names). The Hub Station brought both business and a sense of communal warmth to the neighborhood, which will now probably be brought back somewhere to the East Village which, of course, is also falling victim to more rich white people.

Photo by Frank H Jump