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Hell's Kitchen loses neighborhood legend
Photo credit: Urbanite
The closing of the city's cool stuff is officially an epidemic.
Future Legend -- Hell's Kitchen's version of Nick Hornby's record-geek haven High Fidelity has closed.
The friendly glass door plastered with band flyers closed for good about two weeks ago, said co-owner Greta Perr, after a blow-out liquidation sale.
The narrow strip of a music store had an expansive collection of tunes in all genres and was a neighborhood favorite, frequented by local residents and celebrities alike.
Co-owners Paul Ruggiero and Perr were familiar faces on the block -- and both were human encyclopedias of music information.
This Urbanite writer lived above the shop for four years and the Sunday ritual was brunch at Georgio's Country Grill, then a trip to Future Legend.
It was a special place. If they didn't have the CD you wanted, they ordered it. When I got my dog Ben, Paul welcomed him to the 'hood by blasting (of course) Michael Jackson's "Ben" and serenading him, substituting the word "friend" for "dog" here and there.
I bought CDs there in lieu of digital files online just because it felt good to help keep a place like that open. Too bad it wasn't enough. Future Legend, we'll miss you.
-- Lauren Johnston
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