Rudy’s Music Stop
We just heard that Sam Ash Music 🎵 which was founded in 1924 in Brooklyn and once had a store in the Theater District’s famed Music Row is closing its doors on its flagship 34th Street location. This closure reminded us of our photo of Rudy’s Music Stop which was founded by Rudy Pensa and his wife Fran in 1978 on 48th Street’s “Music Row”. Rudy was was forced to close this iconic location after 37 years in business in 2015 after the landlord (Comjen Associated) who also owned other neighboring buildings did not renew his lease. Thankfully Rudy had already opened a SoHo location (which is still in business today) and was able to continue selling electric, acoustic, bass, and vintage guitars as well as amps and accessories for guitarists. Let us know if you ever visited West 48th street to browse the many family-owned shops for instruments 🎸 🎹 including Rudy’s Music Stop, Manny’s Music and Alex Music.
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Our 2011 photo of the original 48th Street location of Rudy’s Music Stop is one of many included in our book “Store Front NYC: Photographs of the City’s Independent Shops, Past and Present” (swipe left for 2nd photo of page spread ) which is available in booksellers worldwide. Store Front NYC includes many of our favorite storefront photos taken using 35mm film in the early 2000s as well as many previously unpublished photos.
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#musicstore #guitar #guitarshop #guitarshopping #acousticguitar #electricguitar #jamesandkarla #disappearingfaceofnewyork
Rudy’s Music Stop
We just heard that Sam Ash Music 🎵 which was founded in 1924 in Brooklyn and once had a store in the Theater District’s famed Music Row is closing its doors on its flagship 34th Street location. This closure reminded us of our photo of Rudy’s Music Stop which was founded by Rudy Pensa and his wife Fran in 1978 on 48th Street’s “Music Row”. Rudy was was forced to close this iconic location after 37 years in business in 2015 after the landlord (Comjen Associated) who also owned other neighboring buildings did not renew his lease. Thankfully Rudy had already opened a SoHo location (which is still in business today) and was able to continue selling electric, acoustic, bass, and vintage guitars as well as amps and accessories for guitarists. Let us know if you ever visited West 48th street to browse the many family-owned shops for instruments 🎸 🎹 including Rudy’s Music Stop, Manny’s Music and Alex Music.
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Our 2011 photo of the original 48th Street location of Rudy’s Music Stop is one of many included in our book “Store Front NYC: Photographs of the City’s Independent Shops, Past and Present” (swipe left for 2nd photo of page spread ) which is available in booksellers worldwide. Store Front NYC includes many of our favorite storefront photos taken using 35mm film in the early 2000s as well as many previously unpublished photos.
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#musicstore #guitar #guitarshop #guitarshopping #acousticguitar #electricguitar #jamesandkarla #disappearingfaceofnewyork