Above is a photo of Filomena Silvestri and the last photo of Filomena and Peter Silvestri pictured together. Before Filomena died at the age of 94 she knew we won a small victory for her...her dream realized "Whole Earth Bakery and Kitchen" would continue on at 130 St. Marks Place and she and her son Peter would not be evicted...at least not yet.Peter has dealt with this like an East Village Gandhi and continued to get mini-extensions but he continues to be threatened with eviction in 6 months.
It has been like the Titanic and so many businesses die or a few lucky ones relocate.
This is the 2nd push out because of gentrification which I renamed supersification.
Peter needs help on any and all fronts from relocation to coming in and buying food or hiring him to cater events.
Whole Earth Bakery and Kitchen
The Art of Vegan Baking
Honoring Mother Earth Since 1978
130 Saint Marks Place , NYC 10009
212-677-7597 fax 212-677-7067
wholesale and retail
+Since Whole Earth Bakery and Kitchen has been part of the community for so many decades I had hoped Whole Foods who rescue Peter and I asked them to relocate his store to the front windows in their Houston Street store to honor small businesses since they have mega stored the area and their stores are generic so this would benefit their community relations and add a dynamic quality they need to not be so generic. They said no. We did have a conference call and they know Peter needs help. So does NYU and they claim they want to help small businesses but I do not see them doing anything but waiting for evictions to buy up or lease more properties and that includes being a landlord to mega retail chains like Trader Joe's and even having a wine shop in the base of the Pallidium mega-dorm with huge amounts of under age student housing.
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