Post #286346 by donhonyc on Sun, Feb 18, 2007 12:21 AM

The Tower here in NYC on B'way and E. 4th St. closed after 20+ years, about a month ago. For a long while it was definitely one of the focal points for the music buying populous. I actually for the first time missed having it around today. I was looking for an old radio broadcast of Dewey Phillips, an old Memphis DJ from the late 50s/early 60s. I know the CD is available because they have it on Amazon.com. I tried the Virgin Megastore-Union Square, and a Barnes & Noble and they didn't have it, and they sorta gave me that "that's a weird thing to ask for" response. In the past I would have gone to Tower to find something like that. They had a pretty good selection of specialty products like that. As I'm writing this now, I can see the interior of the store in my head. It's a shame that a place like that had to go. But NYC is in the middle of some kinda wierd transition right now that involves cultural castration. There are still some cool things around here, but it ain't as funky as it used to be that's for sure. To many condos and Starbucks for my taste.

[ Edited by: donhonyc 2007-02-18 00:23 ]