Love Saves the Day Store, ca. 1980.

The corner tenement building seen here was home to "Love Saves the Day," a vintage clothing and tchotchke store from 1966 until 2008. A scene in the film "Desperately Seeking Susan" with Madonna was filmed in the store. The business closed in 2008 as a result of both the death of the owner (who husband continued to run it briefly) and the rising of East Village rents. Its colorful storefront was dismantled the space soon became a Ramen restaurant. In March of 2015 a gas explosion, caused by an illegal tap into the gas main of the building next door, caused two deaths, 19 injuries, and a fire that completely destroyed no. 119 as well as 121 and 123 Second Avenue. As of summer 2019 a large new residential building is being constructed.