SOUTH STREET'S biggest landmark is about to disappear.
Zipperhead (407 South) will be closing by month's end.
The punk-rock-clothing store has been a tourist destination since opening in 1980.
Building owner Rick Millan says he and Zipperhead proprietors Rob and Stefanie Windfelder were unable to agree on a new lease.
Millan says he was offered twice what the Windfelders are paying by a New York clothing store. He declined to reveal its name or the current or future rents on the property.
Zipperhead, one of the longest-running businesses on South Street, was immortalized in the Dead Milkmen hit "Punk Rock Girl," and was also home to a 1994 rampage by singer Courtney Love in which she cursed at staff and stole T-shirts featuring the death certificate of her late husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 22:00 (nineteen years ago) link
wow, that sucks, tho, like, i'd never buy anything there.
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 5 May 2005 05:24 (nineteen years ago) link
"Punk Rock Girl" suddenly makes a helluva lot more sense.OMG same here! I thought it was Zipper Head, like Makeout Point or something! Wow.
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 5 May 2005 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link