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Video: Old Village "Adult" Bookstore Ad Recalls Quainter Porn Era
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Yesterday, Vanishing New York took a little stroll down XXX memory lane, looking back at the old adult bookstores that used to make this city a stickier, pervier place to live. The flashback reminded EV Grieve of this commercial for the Christopher Street Bookstore, which aired back in the early nineties (just about the time of our conflict with Saddam and the Iraqis). According to this advert, this used to be the largest bookstore in America! Plus videos, toys and magazines! And to think the Landmark Commission let this place just disappear.
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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