tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post846259200720757290..comments2024-03-28T14:39:03.770-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Looking back: Red Square and gentrificationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-87933059348748624542009-02-17T13:27:00.000-05:002009-02-17T13:27:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48961456717618712142008-06-28T23:17:00.000-04:002008-06-28T23:17:00.000-04:00Andrew - I have no involvement in the management o...Andrew - I have no involvement in the management of Red Square any longer. What happens there in terms of leases is completely absent of input from me. I wish, in retrospect, that the zoning required contextual construction, but that wasn't the case, and like others, I sought to fill the zoning envelope in a conventional manner. The City plans to increase the FAR along Houston, Avenue D, Delancey and Christie, which I oppose as a part of the current zoning plan. As to Anonymous - we rented the residential portion to 100% within ten months of starting to market apartments, and the commercial space has harder. Photographs from then showed empty pedestrian traffic - so times have changed. I've developed only one property in NY, and that was nearly 20 years ago. And David McWater is a friend, who has done a great deal of good for our community. Anyone slamming him blindly can't know much of the countless hours he has devoted over the years to our community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73483343560939513132008-06-28T14:42:00.000-04:002008-06-28T14:42:00.000-04:00red square has always been a strange entity, when ...red square has always been a strange entity, when i moved to the LES years ago Johnny Swing, the guy who made lots of the art in its lobby and around the EV, still had his studio in one of the storefronts. The only things that have been there consistently are the chinese takeout and the pizza place. I heard,, back then (early 90's) that they had a hard time filling the building, that there were a bunch of empty units for years. I read Krupa's writings a few years ago, very enlightening. i feel like houston in general has a hard time supporting anything high end, as its such a busy throughfare and so much of the neighboring streets are more cosy. hence restaurant/bars open there instead. houston is a bit like delancey in that way.jwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320281494496235159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28299933766006674002008-06-27T21:23:00.000-04:002008-06-27T21:23:00.000-04:00a strip mall of mostly franchises, kinkos fed ex, ...a strip mall of mostly franchises, kinkos fed ex, sleepy's,<BR/>Dunkin donuts,Blockbuster,Kinkos fedex, western union, the blue building sales office temporarily, all from a guy who hawks "go local" a campaign against the franchises. the Chinese food joint and strange empty discount store are certainly anomalies in Rosen's portfolio, but once his inspired EV/LES rezoning goes through the strip will go commerical and he can get into the bar business, like his new friend David Mcwater, the commnity board 3 chair and x co vice president of the New York Nightlife Association, NYNA.<BR/>developers dont just develop real estate they develop relationshipsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27857589754714966892008-06-27T20:48:00.000-04:002008-06-27T20:48:00.000-04:00I have often wondered about the inability of Red S...I have often wondered about the inability of Red Square to attract upscale businesses below the complex or down the block.<BR/><BR/>What's there now? among others, the usual types of business catering to the poor/working class - a check cashing place, chinese take-out, auto parts store, dunkin donuts, failing discount pharmacy, korean nail salon and a kinko's.<BR/><BR/>Kind of ironic. Or it this part of a deliberate plan?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639007497627844215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-11041607275560925872008-06-27T17:54:00.000-04:002008-06-27T17:54:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com