Exterior Spruce Up

Thanks to NYC Economic Development Corporation for the great new banners that decorate the exterior of the Market! Plus, they repainted the letters, which were much in need of a touch-up. No one can say they can 't identify the Moore Street Market anymore!

 

 

So someone complained to NYC DOT that we were not maintaining the planters. Behold the cveidence that this is nor so! The Crepe Myrtles are bursting inot bloom. The mums are full of buds, and cedars have grown at least a foot since they were planted. Not bad for planters that get sat upon, used as trash cans, and suffer the usual abuses of NYC street life!

 

 

 

 

Two Girls & Two Pups Bake Shop!

Our newest tenant, Two Girls & Two Pups Bake Shop has their soft opening this weekend, starting September 1st. Please come by and welcome them, as you enjoy their muffins, cupcakes and other sweet treats, plus cappuccino, espresso and other beverages. Vegan sweets will also be served for the health conscious among you! They start serving at 8 am.

The new space!

Co-owner Jubitza

Wind Power?!

You may have noticed a lot of banner poles being installed on the Moore Street Market's exterior facade over the last few weeks.

Thanks to NYC Economic Development Corporation, we are pleased to be getting about 20 Moore Street banners, which will be installed over the next few weeks. Once the banners go up, there is no way to pass the building on any side and NOT know what's inside! As an upside, all those banners flapping in the breeze should create a nice cool current around the market!

We are also the recipient of a couple of thousand canvas, re-usable Moore Street shopping bags that we will begin distributing on Labor Day weekend, in a promotional give-away.

More information and photos to follow.

Joan Bartolomeo
Moore Street Market

We have a Baker!!!

I am so pleased to announce that we have signed a lease for a new bake shop at Moore Street Market!

We welcome Jamie Rivera and Jubitza Mojica, the joint owners of TWO GIRLS and TWO PUPS Bake Shop.They will occupy Stall 25, one of the recently renovated center stalls.

Jamie and Jubitza signed their lease last week and will begin adding their special design touches starting this week. They hope to be open for business by Labor Day weekend. They are planing on getting a Wi-Fi hotspot, so bring your laptops and stick around for second helpings of their delicious fare.

We are looking forward to cakes and cupcakes and cookies, along with freshly brewed coffee and cappuccino! The coffee beans, we are told, will be imported from an organic, family-owned coffee farm in the Dominican Republic.

As soon as we can, we will post their menu and hours, but they intend to be open for breakfast for commuters and local workers and residents. We'll be sure to get the word out!

I'm out for two weeks for a conference and vacation, so there will be lots to post once I return.

Until then, enjoy the rest of the summer!

Joan Bartolomeo
Moore Street Market

Welcoming Our First Farmer to Moore Street!

We are pleased to report that we have attracted a real live farmer to Moore Street Market!!

Today, we welcome Nevin Curtin from Nevins Farm in Pleasant Valley, New York. Ms. Curtin will be selling gourmet dried fruits and nuts, honey, olive oil and herbs from one of the new center stalls.

She is doing this on a trial basis, so please make her feel welcome -- in other words, buy her stuff! -- and maybe she'll be the first of many farmers to set up shop here.

Lots to report later!

Joan Bartolomeo
Moore Street Market

Some New Pictures!!!

Finally! Some new pictures to post of the construction project. The construction wall came down this week on the new stalls, Number 24 and 25, located in the center of the market. The security gates are not installed yet, but the configuration is now clearly visible. Once the stalls are finished, we will add tables and chairs to the public area and we will be ready for tenants!

We are now thinking of having a competition for the 6 stalls that are becoming available, to get the very best vendors we can. Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, take a look at the new spaces.

We have experimented with paint for the tiles and have found the perfect way to cover the ancient orange and white tiles! Expect a lovely coat of light-illuminating pearl gray to be going on in the next few weeks.

Hope you all had a lovely Fourth of July!

We have a great event coming up in the market on July 18th -- look for another post early next week with details.

Stay cool!
Joan Bartolomeo

More on BOS

I forgot to bring my camera cable, so I can't download the pictures I took today, but we have another terrific "bonus" installation for BOS weekend --  NURTUREart, a nonprofit organization that does school programming, has hung a collection of block prints done by 2nd graders at PS 147 on Bushwick Avenue. The inspiration for the project was "what should be free" and it's amazing what comes out of the minds of 7-year olds!

The colors are really vibrant and they are all inspired -- I'll have photos up later today or tomorrow. Thanks to Molly O'Brien of NURTUREart, who installed the prints on very short notice. They will remain in place as long as the construction wall is up at the market.

Come and see it all this weekend!

Joan Bartolomeo
Moore Street Market