An OTBKB reader wrote to me with this terrible news about the Cocotte mural on the corner of Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue.

"According to the signage, Cocotte—-the much-missed Fifth Avenue French
restaurant-—will reappear as a bistro. But, sadly, La Cocotte-—the
lovely lady in red whose picture graced the restaurant’s Fourth Street
side-—has been painted over with yellow paint. Many of us will miss the
mural that taught us the two definitions of Cocotte—-a small fire-proof
dish, and a lady of the night."

Photo by David Emmett.