The owners of the Ilium Building, which houses a group of businesses on Fulton Street between 4th Street and the alley separating 4th Street & 5th Avenue, were forced to shut the building down on Thursday after an inspection of the sprinkler system by city officials found the system to not be in accordance with city guidelines.
While Nite Owl News at the corner of 4th & Fulton is completely shut for the duration, Aquilonia Comics & More, at the other end of the block, is still taking customers at curbside, as they did during the COVID pandemic 4 years ago.
Owner Bob Lupe has said he is parked curbside to meet with customers during store hours, and is confident he'll be opening the store to the public again sometime this coming week. The store's weekly Magic tournament on Friday was cancelled as a result of the temporary shutdown.
Now, the onus is upon the Gutierrez Trust, the building owners, to ensure the sprinklers are actually working properly. Stay tuned.
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For many months, Stewart's on Congress Street has had some folks loitering in front of the store. While they do make purchases, they linger too long, and now, store clerks are cracking down.
One week ago, a man using a wheelchair due to what he says is limited mobility, was parked to the left of the entrance on the 5th Avenue side before being chased away by the morning clerk. I suspect that customers have complained about the loitering. One more reason for the city to actually take a moment to consider renting a storefront from RPI to house the transients. It can't hurt.
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The NY Office of General Services is hoping to finally have live music at the Empire State Plaza on Wednesday for the annual NYS Food Fest, which this year is headlined by 80's rockers 38 Special. All 4 Wednesday night concerts last month were moved either to the Egg or to the Corning Preserve boat launch due to rain, but, guess what? Rain is in the forecast for this Wednesday. Hmmmmm.
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