The Emerald Inn Stays
Manager Charles Campbell Tending Bar at the Emerald Inn
The slumped economy has given us one for the team. The rent increases that were slated for The Emerald Inn, a beloved West Side watering hole, located on 205 Columbus Ave at 69th St., have been deferred.
Today’s NY Times reported that the Emerald Inn, an institution on Manhattan’s Upper West side since the forties, was expected to join the long list of places scheduled to shut its doors due to rent increases. In Emerald’s case, it had been set to double. The bar was expected to close in April. Thanks to the economic slowdown, the landlord offered it a lease renewal with a reduced increase in the range of a couple of thousands allowing the Emerald to hang around for two more years. Hurrah for the team!
Nice to see that there is a flip-side to this recession: namely some sorely-needed human-scale conditions in this town.
To read the full story in the New York Times, click on the image above.
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