Billy’s Antiques has gotten a lot of coverage around these parts as of late, but when the man himself sends videos our way of the prep for the party, the bash on Friday, and then the funeral procession, we can’t resist. The two other short videos are after the jump.
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BILLY’S ANTIQUES
The End of Billy’s Antiques: A Film in Three Parts
By STEPHEN REX BROWNBilly Leroy’s ‘Baggage Battles’ Is Set for April, Tent Comes Down Next Month
By SUZANNE ROZDEBA
Courtesy Travel Channel Billy Leroy on the set of “Baggage Battles.”Billy Leroy, the proprietor of Billy’s Antiques & Props, said the goodbye bash that was originally planned for late January probably won’t happen until next month, and it’ll be followed by a proper burial.
“We’re going to have a monster party. It’s going to be in March, most likely on the tenth. I’m confirming the date this week,” said Mr. Leroy, who just got back from filming in Atlanta and Indianapolis for the Travel Channel show, “Baggage Battles.” Read more…
Billy Leroy Meeting With Landlord to Plan Long Goodbye
By SUZANNE ROZDEBA
Michelle Rick Billy Leroy is meeting with his landlord tomorrow to start planning a huge farewell party before he moves his tented antique shop on the Bowery indoors. The last hurrah, he said, would come at the end of January.
“We’re planning a week-long event of music, poetry, singers, songwriters, and films. There’s going to be a huge lineup. It’s the end of the old Bowery,” Mr. Leroy told The Local today. Billy’s Antiques and Props is moving inside a two-story building its landlord, Tony Goldman, is erecting on the spot in late winter.
Mr. Leroy plans to meet with Mr. Goldman tomorrow afternoon. “Tony’s all for it,” said Mr. Leroy. “He’s very positive about it.”
“There’s no one left from the old Bowery days. It’s been yuppified,” he said.
The Day | Billy’s Antiques Will (Temporarily) Close
By DANIEL MAURER
Tim SchreierGood morning, East Village.
The above photo is from the Occupy Wall Street Farmers March from the La Plaza Cultural community garden to Zuccotti Park. You can see more of Tim Schreier’s photos here. On Sunday, about 250 participants (by EV Grieve’s estimate) marched to promote “dialogue, solidarity and solutions to corporate control of our food system,” according to a flyer.
The Times reports that Billy’s Antiques, the tent near the corner of Bowery and Houston that has been stocked with oddities and ephemera since 1986, will close so that its landlord can start construction on a two-story building. Billy Leroy, the tent’s “Barnumesque” owner, will be allowed to reopen in the new building, but a member of his staff considers the closure “part of that final transition to a landscape of Pottery Barns and Starbucks.”
EV Grieve notices candles outside of Joe’s Bar commemorating the recent death of its owner. Read more…
