Nathan's Ice Cream Stand at Sixth Avenue and 8th Street.
Diether took this photograph because of objections to Nathan's move to 8th Street. At the time it was the first chain restaurant to move onto the street and there were concerns that it would move operations outdoors. (According to Diether, Nathan's tried
Village Preservation396 Sixth Avenue, ca. 1969.
Nathan's Hot Dogs was one of the first tenants to occupy No. 396 Sixth Avenue, a one-story commercial space built in 1950.
According to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, photographer Doris Diether "took this picture because of objections to Nathan's move to 8th Street. At the time, it was the first chain restaurant to move onto the street and there were concerns that it would move operations outdoors."
Following Nathan's departure, the building was renovated in the early 1980s into a two-story storefront for B. Dalton, a local bookstore. Barnes and Noble later took over the space, though, after 12 years renting, it was priced out in 2012.
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