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At Ray’s Candy Store

Top pic — 1995 during the easy living and easy drinking warmer season

Bottom pic — 00:28 hrs , 2 March 2008

Photos by the late, great Bob Arihood (Neither More Nor Less)

Ray holding it down on a Friday night.

“With Bob gone, who is going to take pictures of the store and put them up on the internet?”

Will it be you?

Previously on Ray’s Candy Store

Ray’s Candy Store on Facebook

@RaysCandyStore on Twitter

The Official Ray’s Candy Store Clothing & Accessories Line on CafePress

Honoring Bob Arihood and NMNL Blog on The Mosaic Trail by Jim Power, aka ‘Mosaic Man’ on 2nd Avenue & St. Mark’s Place

Photo By Melanie Neichin

East Village Corner

http://melaniemusings2.wordpress.com

Beautiful eulogy of Bob Arihood by The Villager.

“Bob Arihood was a true Renaissance man in every sense. His passing is an incalculable loss to the East Village and to all the lives he touched.”

And a reminder:

Friends plan to gather on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Tompkins Square Park and at the 6 & B Garden for a final sendoff.

Read the whole thing here.

Photo by Jefferson Siegel

Check out these great shots of local graffiti artist Chico painting a mural on Ray’s awning as a tribute to Bob Arihood. All photos by Lindsay Wengler of SingleLindsReflex.com

See the rest of the set over at Lindsay’s Flickr account here.

If you are interested in a commissioned work by Chico, you can reach him at (646) 246-5024.

Longtime neighborhood chronicler, Bob Arihood, is remembered by friends at a small gathering outside Ray’s Candy Store.

(via BoweryBoogie)