More Retail Potpourri
Well, it appears to be official now: The old Marimekko store is going to be ArtSpring: The Pyramid Atlantic Community Store. Great for them. Jose Dominguez is doing some fantastic stuff, and in a time where arts budgets are being cut around the country. We certainly need more of this.
The Fractured Constructed Prune
I took this through a “peephole” in the window coverings. Looks like there’s still a way to go, yet. I’ve had some people ask me about the name of the place, and where it comes from. So without making people go elsewhere, here’s a brief summary from their web site:
Back in the late 1800′s a woman named Prunella Shriek had owned much of the land in that area [Ocean City]. Tom [Parshall, who purchased Josh's 46th Street Market and founded the donut shop] didn’t think too much about it until one day he was browsing through the Baltimore Library and came across a book titled “Ocean City Love”. As he looked through it, he was thrilled to see Prunella Shriek’s name with a paragraph devoted to her.
Even though she was in her seventies, she was the only woman who competed with men in traditionally men’s sports such as ice skating races & skiing competitions. She was an excellent tennis player, and was county ping-pong champion circa 1895. Being older and somewhat brittle, she often returned from some of the more vigorous competitions in a wheel chair or on crutches. Thus the townspeople began lovingly to refer to her as “Fractured Prunella.”
And there you have it.
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At last! An inspiring story in this blog! Hope they sell some healthy stuff there, too. I wouldn’t want to eat one of their legendary donuts and then try to go rollerblading…
Is this a permanent location for Pyramid or just another temporary filling of otherwise empty space they’ll leave when a better (read: high-rent paying) tenant comes along?
And on another bright note, it looks like construction is occuring at the old fire house. Could the Hook and Ladder Brewery finally be making progress?
This is not necessarily a permanent location, but it’s not a transitional space like the other space was. So it won’t get usurped by a seasonal vendor. When someone is available as a permanent tenant, yes, Pyramid will get booted.
Hook & Ladder is making progress, thankfully. Now the countdown to beer begins. Went to Brewer’s Alley in Frederick this weekend and brought back two big growlers of beer. Will be nice to have a walk to make that happen.
Those growlers are pretty heavy, though. Shame if you had to stop and lighten the load on the way home…
I could sit on the curb near Safeway with the other neighborhood folk. Though my beer might be a little too uppity for them…