This may not seem like something that warrants four posts, but the saga of the Madison Square Christmas carolers took a new turn this weekend.
Back in April of 2013, you might remember, I ruminated on the impending fate of the long-standing sentinels of seasonal cheer that held silent court on a perch just above the entrance to the former Commodore Criterion building. Then, sure enough, sometime after the building was purchased and refurbished by high-end bathroom fixture juggernaut, Porcelanosa, they disappeared that next October.
Then, presumably in a gesture of good will, Porcelanosa repaired and re-positioned the cherished Christmas figures behind a wide window on their same perch. Everyone cheered!
Well, hold onto your eggnog, as yesterday afternoon, my son Oliver and I walked up to Rizzoli, the newish book store on Broadway just north of 16th Street (I am still in search of a copy of Tim Lawrence’s “Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor,” which -– oddly -– no remaining New York City bookshop seems to stock). Upon glancing up at the edifice of the Porcelnosa building (formerly the Commodore Criterion), I spied the below. Notice anything missing?
They are gone again.
Maybe someone bought them? Maybe Porclenosa felt their moment of good will was over? Maybe the Grinch stole them?
Questions, questions….
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