Sources are telling us that Yonah Schimmel’s Knishes – headquartered at 137 East Houston since 1910 – is reportedly on the verge of departure. Apparently word on the street is that the landlord is trying to force ‘em out with an all-too-familiar rent hike.
via Bowery Boogie
If the rumors are true, it's just another chapter in the story of Manhattan's Lower East Side, dying its slow death-by-a-thousand-cuts brought by homogenization, luxury development, and rent-hikes.
















