tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1051550121092247305..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Recessive economy, high unemployment, falling housing market: What year is this...?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-79967445912270022002009-01-16T13:24:00.000-05:002009-01-16T13:24:00.000-05:00I hope you're being sarcastic, MBAer.I hope you're being sarcastic, MBAer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31853983320899553012009-01-16T09:34:00.000-05:002009-01-16T09:34:00.000-05:00Suburban hopping malls fine stores that close duri...Suburban hopping malls fine stores that close during the established "mall hours." The city of New York could fine stores that remain closed for more than 90 days (enough time for renovations). This would be a useful source of revenue, but it would do nothing to stop stores with deeper pockets from moving in. neighborhoods change. Furthermore, many cool stores are run by individuals whose business acumen leaves much to be desired. <BR/><BR/>Now, if you could hire recently laid off MBAs to run cool stores, then you just might have a solution. Of course, it is these individuals everyone loves to hate. <BR/><BR/>Pity the poor MBA. Every where we go gentrification follows. Everyone hates us. We just want to work, eat good food, grab a drink or seven, and live our lives. Yes, we may support upscale shops and restaurants, but do not blame us for chain stores (McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts,...). We never shop at them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-41986312220694203182009-01-16T05:16:00.000-05:002009-01-16T05:16:00.000-05:00Is real estate in the East Village and NYC really ...Is real estate in the East Village and NYC really falling? You would think with all the trust fund babies loosing their 30k a year media jobs, Wall Streeters loosing their overpaid gigs and the strengthening of the dollar to lock out the Eurotrash that something would become affordable, but I just see landlords and real estate agents pushing the threshold higher and higher. <BR/>The Kims and Two Boots empires collapsings (well, the cool part of those empires) and all the other bits of comfort that keep closing and I'm wondering where this all goes. I'm not a there goes the neighborhood kind of person, but I'm flumoxed by how many Dunkin Donuts and Yogurt shops can open up, while the unique joints shut down.<BR/>And I'm still seeing lots of vacant storefronts, especially on 14th Street and down Broadway. I think the city could do something constuctive by having a vacancy tax on storefronts to force them to lower rents if they can't get their insane idea of rent. Every empty storefront means at least a handful of jobs that don't exist.DJ Xeroxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07561461815713195778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20807143182278241122009-01-15T14:05:00.000-05:002009-01-15T14:05:00.000-05:00That "new type of low-income housing" from 4th to ...That "new type of low-income housing" from 4th to 6th along Avenue C sure didn't turn out well. It also goes all the way down sixth, on the south side of the street. <BR/><BR/>Horribly designed. A waste of space. (Not saying the people are a waste of space; I'm saying the buildings could have been designed to incorporate more people, and give them more a sense of community by having STREET-LEVEL retail along C.) Instead, those entire blocks along C are dead.<BR/><BR/>Also: Odd to see my neighborhood dubbed the "area of devastation."<BR/><BR/>I've done lots of building searches to see which buildings were abandoned, and to try to trace the history of buildings on my block (7th between C and D). Apparently, my building was never abandoned, but the one next door was.<BR/><BR/>Sure wish I had a Google Street Map for the year, say, 1986.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com