Upper West Side retail death watch

These businesses have closed in my neighborhood since I moved to the Upper West Side:

1. Roppongi (Japanese restaurant, 434 Amsterdam Avenue) 08 Dec 2008
2. April Cornell (clothing, 487 Columbus Avenue) 01 Dec 2008
3. Spectra Photo (451 Amsterdam Avenue, 81-82) fall 2008
4. Lightforms (lighting store, 509 Amsterdam Avenue, 84-85) fall 2008
   2009-03-27: This appears to have reopened under the same name.
5. Rain (pan-Asian restaurant, 100 West 82nd) fall 2008
6. Loft Bar (505 Columbus Avenue, 84-85) summer 2008
7. Prohibition Bar (503 Columbus Avenue, 84-85) summer 2008
8. Penny Whistle (children's toy store, 448 Columbus Avenue, 81-82) Jun 2008
9. barber shop (455 Amsterdam Avenue) late 2007/early 2008
10. Columbus Bakery (Columbus, 82-83) early 2008?
11. Italian restaurant (Columbus, 84-85) fall 2007
12. Pondicherry (furniture store on Columbus, 81-82) fall 2007?
    Reopened as Gallery of International Naive Art
13. Teriyaki Boy (sushi chain on Columbus, 82-83) fall 2007?
14. Vynl on Columbus (507 Columbus Avenue, 83-84?) fall 2007?
15. Louie's (Amsterdam & 81st) fall 2007?
    Reopened as St. James Gate
16. 460 Amsterdam Avenue: cursed location
    • Ray's Pizza, summer 2007
    • Vital Dent Dentistry (dental services) summer 2008
17. 461 Columbus Avenue: cursed location
    • Madeleine Mae (early 2009)
      Reopened as Comida (Mar 2009)
    • Irish bar
    • high-end restaurant
18. The Funky Diner (466 Columbus Avenue, 82-83) fall 2006?
    Reopened as Blossom Cafe
19. Monsoon (Vietnamese restaurant, 435 Amsterdam Avenue) fall 2005
20. Scharffen Berger (chocolate store, 473 Amsterdam Avenue, Feb 2009)
21. Cheung Shing Kitchen (Chinese restaurant, 452 Columbus Avenue, 81-82) Feb 2009
    Will reopen in April 2009 as an intimate European restaurant
22. Circuit City (Broadway, 80-81) Feb 2009
23. Shabby Chic (450 Columbus Avenue) Mar 2009
24. Down Quilts (518 Columbus Avenue) Mar 2009
25. Memories in Color (one-hour photo, 506 Amsterdam Avenue)