tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6895612480905057046..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Residents launch petition to oppose method of operation for Albert Trummer's new cocktail bar on Avenue CUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59964830027934448192015-06-12T08:46:19.986-04:002015-06-12T08:46:19.986-04:00This is an interesting piece from The Villager.
h...This is an interesting piece from The Villager.<br /><br />http://thevillager.com/2015/03/12/forum-on-small-businesses-offers-a-solution-within-reach/<br /><br />"Rounding out the panel and providing a landlord’s perspective was Robert Perl, president of Tower Realty, whose business is centered in the East Village. Perl warned the other panel members that any solution could have unintended consequences.<br /><br />He also said that rent is often only 10 percent of a restaurant’s costs, for example.<br /><br />“We have to ask ourselves what we are trying to preserve,” Perl added, noting that mom-and-pop businesses keep changing hands, making it impractical to lock in leases for 10 years.<br /><br />But the other panelists were eager to rebut his statements, all of them arguing forcefully that lease renewals are unquestionably the deciding factor on whether small businesses survive or go under.<br /><br />Yet, Perl said he couldn’t see any easy answers.<br /><br />“New York is a magnet for money from all over the world and I don’t see that anything will stop it,” he said, implying that rising commercial rents are inevitable.<br /><br />The only solution he could offer was that people should patronize and support the small businesses that they value."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68730630932690182652015-06-12T06:12:56.506-04:002015-06-12T06:12:56.506-04:00"If you don't want to live in an active, ..."If you don't want to live in an active, vibrant neighborhood with bars and restaurants, move to the fucking suburbs."<br /><br />AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!<br /><br />Mommy make it stop!Crazy Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25299117954930379902015-06-11T22:50:56.077-04:002015-06-11T22:50:56.077-04:00I'm glad to see some commercial activity on th...I'm glad to see some commercial activity on this dark and empty corner typically occupied only by the homeless from the Barrier Free Shelter. This lounge appears to be low key, not some late night dancing club. I look forward to feeling safer walking home at night. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52269934216240749142015-06-11T22:32:35.938-04:002015-06-11T22:32:35.938-04:00@4:50 STFU. No one likes stupid amounts of noise a...@4:50 STFU. No one likes stupid amounts of noise all the time. Stop trying to fake it to fit in.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37423577705116531802015-06-11T20:38:30.072-04:002015-06-11T20:38:30.072-04:00@ 12:05 pm - you are correct that the SLA does not...@ 12:05 pm - you are correct that the SLA does not have to take the recommendation of the CB, but they often do so it might be better for the residents to attend the Full Board Meeting and ask the Full Board to weigh in on the matter. The Full Board might come to a different conclusion. I guess technically the SLA would have to approve a license that isn't subject to the 500 foot rule because there are only two licenses within 500 feet, but they might have some standing to deny based on the applicant. Remember this guy was charged with setting fire to the bar at the last place he ran. He even plead guilty to a lesser charge. It would be better to get the CB to deny and then go to the SLA, then to just go to the SLA, but that certainly is an option. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27500395801075264952015-06-11T20:20:45.125-04:002015-06-11T20:20:45.125-04:00Geez how original - saw that coming. Vibrant for ...Geez how original - saw that coming. Vibrant for who?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42462539311096708602015-06-11T20:03:18.621-04:002015-06-11T20:03:18.621-04:00Uh uh. Bars, clubs, lounges, liquor licenses don&#...Uh uh. Bars, clubs, lounges, liquor licenses don't make for an active vibrant neighborhood. There may only be two licenses around this corner but the East Village is swamped with an over abundance of these elements and sorely lacking in a truly vibrant mix of businesses that make for a strong healthy neighborhood. Liquor licenses aren't what made/make NYC great- diversity and quality of life for a broad range of people are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80233072647050582922015-06-11T16:35:30.476-04:002015-06-11T16:35:30.476-04:00@ Anonymous 1:11pm
Sounds like the tenants at thi...@ Anonymous 1:11pm<br /><br />Sounds like the tenants at this building aren't too happy about the likely issues this commercial tenant is going to cause them and the rest of the businesses on the block as they are the ones who launched the petition. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53149164135568478422015-06-11T14:29:04.487-04:002015-06-11T14:29:04.487-04:00Thank you Bob Perl. Some of problems we are facing...Thank you Bob Perl. Some of problems we are facing in the area are the proliferations of nightlife, destabilization, buyouts, upscaling, commercial leasing to chain stores/high end restaurants/cocktail lounges, bulk asset sales, Icon Realty, jakobson Properties, Croman, etc.... You seem to be involved with all of these ones. No big whoop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91268463195093609822015-06-11T13:44:14.940-04:002015-06-11T13:44:14.940-04:00Echoing the first commenter, I actually don't ...Echoing the first commenter, I actually don't think a bar here is the worst outcome. It's a very bleak, desolate area right now and could use some commercial activity. But as I am hearing these plans develop, it just doesn't feel right for the neighborhood. Many nicer cocktail bars (thinking of some further up Avenue C like Evelyn or Louis/Mace) are not loud nor do they spew out drunks at all hours. I am sad to see that is not what is planned for this corner after all but something more club-like that can only cause problems for area residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68590703343554892442015-06-11T13:11:09.499-04:002015-06-11T13:11:09.499-04:00Hello Anonymous who likes to write about me/Tower....Hello Anonymous who likes to write about me/Tower. Are you the one who was taking notes and sat near me by the aisle? Some of what you say above is accurate but given that you will likely continue to blog about Tower let me point out a few corrections. Alex Picken and I are no longer working together so the DBA Tower Picken is no longer in use. DBA on 1st Ave is doing great and many long time costumers and new friends greatly appreciate the place. I have been managing real estate here since 1988 and almost all of my long time tenants will be happy to meet you so you can accurately describe how they are treated by their landlord and not spew whatever BS pops into your head. If you think the commercial rent I charge is affecting other commercial spaces you simply have no data or coherent thought process that supports your statement. Do you have the courage to reveal your name? I bet not! Bob PerlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36887077983536257132015-06-11T12:05:36.635-04:002015-06-11T12:05:36.635-04:00Full liquor licenses are not a given even if there...Full liquor licenses are not a given even if there are only two other licenses within 200 feet. CB3 shoudl have denied and if people should up at the SLA meeting in Harlem they could have stopped this. Regardless, they shoudl have a massive outpouring to the SLA meeting. The community boards input is given great value but it's not impossible to stop without their support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-4856096338097679072015-06-11T11:31:47.513-04:002015-06-11T11:31:47.513-04:00OpposologistsOpposologistsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-84237867750093317612015-06-11T11:00:32.742-04:002015-06-11T11:00:32.742-04:00I am tortured living across the street from a bar....I am tortured living across the street from a bar. I don't know how residents who live in the same buildings cope. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-79133993228063842532015-06-11T10:58:35.386-04:002015-06-11T10:58:35.386-04:00Flaming drinks are a long American tradition, the ...Flaming drinks are a long American tradition, the Blue Blazer was famous in the 1800s. Much ado about nothing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35607780276407248912015-06-11T10:28:19.987-04:002015-06-11T10:28:19.987-04:00Never heard of himNever heard of himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78015395109308290402015-06-11T09:40:23.460-04:002015-06-11T09:40:23.460-04:00Finally! Now I won't have to schlep uptown whe...Finally! Now I won't have to schlep uptown when I feel like hanging with amoral Russian and Chinese oligarchs.Glenn Belveriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654151007886311315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-1148703048973064032015-06-11T09:21:50.585-04:002015-06-11T09:21:50.585-04:00Of course the community board approved another dru...Of course the community board approved another drug dealer. That's what they do. nygrumpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39830897716378790732015-06-11T08:41:00.383-04:002015-06-11T08:41:00.383-04:00I'm sorry but only fools pay that much for liq...I'm sorry but only fools pay that much for liquor pour into a glass by some egotists bar keep that considers himself and "artist". Screw the residents of the East Village and Lower East Side, the rich want a hip place to destroy with just an Uber ride back home to where it's quiet and clean. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83410802359160986782015-06-11T08:03:27.888-04:002015-06-11T08:03:27.888-04:00I think a bar would be a great addition there, alt...I think a bar would be a great addition there, although I do miss the store that was there. Their price on De Cecco pasta was about half the price anywhere else. I always suspected that they didn't know what to charge -- nothing else was half the price.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com