Wood From Razed Landmark Saved for Art Exhibit

EAST VILLAGE — The notoriously grungy and dilapidated Mars Bar wasn’t the kind of place that made you think of art.
More like blood stains, fruit flies, leaky plumbing and improvisatory body piercing.
But for Mars Bar's patrons and fans, it was also an endless source of only-in-New York stories: a landmark of the drunk and disorderly.
That is why the bar, shuttered last summer, was included on a list of 12 razed “historical sites” where salvaged lumber will be used for a furniture-design exhibition.
The event, called 12 x 12, will pair a dozen contemporary furniture designers with lumber reclaimed from a dozen demolished New York City structures, including many with deep links to the city’s cultural, architectural and economic history.

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