On the show it looks much bigger than it is in person. So many interesting things packed in there. The staff is very friendly. Just very cramped. My daughter 10 years old and I watched the show a few times. So we decided to visit the shop on our trip to NYC. What a great idea and fun thing to do. I purchased a T-shirt, a skull key chain, and my daughter got a laboratory bug. This was the most unique thing ever!
If you are looking for an "out of the box, unique" experience, please go and show your support. They even gave us a few free post cards!!! Be sure to take the L train if you are staying in Manhattan!
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Filter reviews. Traveler rating. Excellent Very good Average 8. Poor 4. Terrible 4. Traveler type. Time of year. Language All languages. On my first night in my new place in my scary new city , I was lured in by a taxidermied badger in the window, holding a lamp aloft like Diogenes.
I was wandering among the anatomical specimens and strange medical equipment and a tiny redheaded person toddled over to me imperiously and held up her arms, and I finished my shop visit with a personal tour guide on my hip, and I knew I would live here forever. I am thankful to have had to pleasure of visiting the shop this October prior to the closing.
She was very gracious and I loved everything there. I loved their show and it was awesome to be able to observe and appreciate the oddities. Thanks for the picture and t-shirt!!! I just learned of this shop today and am so sad to hear they closed. We're only a short trip from Manhattan out route 4 and up route Watching on discovery plus how unfortunate but there are many layers to our existence,and we have to grow. Enjoy your world's,. I remember looking forward to every single episode.
I found Edgar to be woderfully ecentric. Good luck and best wishes to all of you unique individuals xo. Post a Comment. Obscura Antiques and Oddities, a wholly unique and one-of-a-kind shop on Avenue A where you can find an array of curiosities, will by packing up its storefront in the weeks ahead.
A few years later it moved across the street to E. The store will close at the end of this year, with a possibility of limited hours in January to liquidate remaining items before the lease expires in February.
Cheap rent, parties every night, music, artists, drinking and smoking — a good time. Gilboe eventually moved to Brooklyn and Michelson and Zohn took over the shop, renamed it, and began working in earnest on the business.
Oddity-type shops popped up all over, the business changed, and more folks were buying and selling the merchandise. Overhead grew, taxes and regulations went up, and as Zohn points out, the neighborhood changed. Rents increased exponentially and parking became impossible. Zohn lives in Easton, Pa. I spoke by phone to Michelson — home sick, recovering from a recent work trip — about her plans for the future. Michelson saw Obscura as an outgrowth of the East Village performance and underground art scene and is eager to begin her next chapter of life, something experiential, not commercial.
Neither Michelson nor Zohn feel rushed into making this decision and both seem conformable with timing and the process. Zohn notes that if you have always wanted something special from Obscura, like, say, the two-headed cow or genuine human skull or a Freemasons book written in code, now is the time to come by.
In addition, fixtures from the shop will be available for sale. Shop hours are flexible, most likely every day from to 8 p. Historic Walking Area. Shopping Mall. World heritage site. Don't Miss a Thing. See more trips See all trips. Are you the owner of this business? For business owners Every day, we help thousands of travelers plan great vacations.
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