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Not a petal in sight
I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it in my 18 years in Tribeca: not a single bloom in sight at Morgan’s. It was like the bizarro world — the same, but almost unrecognizable.
When I walked by at 5 there was a line of men down to the corner and the grocer had added two staffers and a table to the sidewalk to help keep up with the orders. At that point there were still a lot of roses to be wrapped. But by 7:30, N. had sent the picture from above, and an hour later, H. captured the street scene.
The desperate had only the eucalyptus leaf as an offering; if you need something today, you are stuck with green tulips in the pot.
N. and I have been ruminating on this: “We moved in in April 1993, and in all those years of Valentine’s Days and Mother’s Days, I’ve never seen Morgan’s completely cleaned out of flowers like that! I wonder if many more city workers are back in the office this year and Morgan’s miscalculated?”
My other guess is fewer florists. Before the pandemic, there was the commercial florist on Church and Warren and the small shop on Jay. Langdon moved in 2018. There’s Café Atelier on Hudson, Flora Tech on Beach, and Bloom in the Goldman breezeway. What else am I missing?
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It’s on the fringe, but there’s also Amaranth between Barclay and Park Place.. (also pricey and probably serves the Four Seasons clientele better..)
Different N. chiming in: I must have passed you at Morgan’s thinking the same. Such a robust crowd! I stopped in at Duane Park Patisserie at 5 PM and there was a healthy line there, too! You are probably right about fewer florists and more workers, but the warm weather, Instagram posts and restaurant options were quite amazing. Perhaps seeing others take a moment to shop allowed one to stop for a sweet-something, instead of foregoing, and this led to the sell out. Or maybe everyone enjoyed an especially pink, heart-shaped sense of schmaltz because it is time to be just a little less secret.
I think TC’s guess is correct. My go-to places for flowers were Langdon’s (which you mention), the nice guy who ran the little place on Murray Street just east of the Takahachi bakery, and Amish Market. All gone now. The nice weather also may have had something to do with it. As for and increase in city office workers, I’m not sure about that. I work in local government and we still have not recovered from the wave of retirements that the response to the pandemic brought on.
Perhaps Ernest and Morgan Wallen came to town?
https://youtu.be/EkIXj500KdE
Glad I got to Morgan’s when I did. The array of flowers Monday evening was spectacular. Those petal pushers saved me from a possible Valentine’s Day massacre.