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Gem Spa

Gem Spa was a newspaper stand and candy store located on the corner of St. Mark's Place and Second Avenue in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It opened under another name in the 1920s, and was renamed in 1957. It was open 24 hours a day, and was long considered to have the best authentic New York City–style egg cream, which its…

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Genre
Newsstand Candy store
Founded
1921
Owner
Goldfeder family (1920s-1957) Ruby Silverstein and Harold Shepard (1957-~1969) Irving Stein (1971) Ray Patel (1986-2020)
Headquarters
131 Second Ave. at St. Mark's Place Manhattan, New York City
Area served
East Village
Defunct
2020

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Gem Spa

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples40
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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Gem Spa

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related to history · 19
Gem Spa → Chain Shirt Shop, Etta, For, From, Gem's Spa, Gladys, Goldfeder, Harold Shepard, Hymie, Jewish, Miriam, Ruby Silverstein, Shepard, Shepard's, Silverstein, Sociologist Daniel Bell, The, Village Voice, World War
related to In popular culture · 4
Gem Spa → Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York Dolls, Poets Allen Ginsberg, Ted Berrigan
related to External links · 3
Gem Spa → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Area served · 1
Gem Spa → East Village
Defunct · 1
Gem Spa → 2020
Fate · 1
Gem Spa → Bankruptcy
Founded · 1
Gem Spa → 1921
Founder · 1
Gem Spa → Goldfeder family
Genre · 1
Gem Spa → Newsstand Candy store
Headquarters · 1
Gem Spa → 131 Second Ave. at St. Mark's Place Manhattan, New York City

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spa store gem village new york east place st second egg owner city located manhattan cream mark's open candy magazine

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Gem SpaArea servedEast Village1.00infobox
Gem SpaDefunct20201.00infobox
Gem SpaFateBankruptcy1.00infobox
Gem SpaFounded19211.00infobox
Gem SpaFounderGoldfeder family1.00infobox
Gem SpaGenreNewsstand Candy store1.00infobox
Gem SpaHeadquarters131 Second Ave. at St. Mark's Place Manhattan, New York City1.00infobox
Gem SpaOwnerGoldfeder family (1920s-1957) Ruby Silverstein and Harold Shepard (1957-~1969) Irving Stein (1971) Ray Patel (1986-2020)1.00infobox
Gem SpaPredecessorNone1.00infobox
Gem SpaProductsEgg cream, Newspapers, Magazines1.00infobox
Gem SpaServicesNewspapers, magazine, food and mini mart services1.00infobox
Gem SpaSuccessorPoetica Coffee1.00infobox
Gem SpaTypePrivate1.00infobox
Gem Spais aname of one of the main works painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat in 19820.90text

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