tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post593217146155169664..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Gabay's Outlet has closed on Avenue AUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9022382578073453492018-01-12T08:06:46.236-05:002018-01-12T08:06:46.236-05:00The issue is that they are leasing to a private de...The issue is that they are leasing to a private developer who is going to attract more corporate types to the neighborhood. Why couldn't they sell or lease it to an affordable housing developer. Could have leased three parcels for affordable housing for 30,000 a month each which would equal 1.1 million a year in revenues.<br />It's not so much that Katz sold their air rights, they have a right, it's who they sold it to. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59126064493347805262018-01-10T18:12:59.122-05:002018-01-10T18:12:59.122-05:00This is an outrageous amount of greed with no than...This is an outrageous amount of greed with no thanks. Yes a lot of things are legal but that doesn't mean that people stand for anything. The best is yet to come. For who?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29802021967904617082018-01-10T16:44:08.406-05:002018-01-10T16:44:08.406-05:00Amazon made it impossible to compete?
I remember G...Amazon made it impossible to compete?<br />I remember Gabay's as a thick sea of schmattes where you went to fish for the best catch. We cannot compare apples and pears.<br />No need to say why you sold. After so many years of hard work, you deserve to do whatever you want and can.<br />You must have turned down loads of offers to sell. At one point, the time is right.<br />Who's next?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-1511321450251243942018-01-09T19:53:09.941-05:002018-01-09T19:53:09.941-05:00Glad you clarified your point, Gojira. Now I see t...Glad you clarified your point, Gojira. Now I see that it is, in fact, a good one!abfusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58578264159999414672018-01-09T19:32:34.623-05:002018-01-09T19:32:34.623-05:00Good luck to the Gabay family. Really enjoyed you...Good luck to the Gabay family. Really enjoyed your stores. Now that Gabay's, JAM and EV Cheese are gone guess I will just go and check in with Block Drug and Mosihes to be sure they are going to be around for a little while longer. Change is one thing. Neighborhoods being wiped out with a stultifying bland, high priced mall mentality taking over is another. Gllad I am old and experienced a very different way of life here. Trying not to be smug, just sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28385796399053892642018-01-09T16:53:30.321-05:002018-01-09T16:53:30.321-05:00That wasn't my question, cmarrtyy.That wasn't my question, cmarrtyy.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44336657804755033792018-01-09T14:34:13.963-05:002018-01-09T14:34:13.963-05:00Gojira,
It's their property. They have a righ...Gojira,<br /><br />It's their property. They have a right to do with it what they want... as long as it doesn't violate the law. And they don't have to answer to us. cmarrtyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91213654255137075112018-01-09T10:47:01.440-05:002018-01-09T10:47:01.440-05:00So maybe one of you can explain to me the differen...So maybe one of you can explain to me the difference between what the Gabay family are doing - richly cashing out on the back of the neighborhood in a way that will contribute heavily to, and speed up, Astor Place's already massive shift into a corporate, commercial dead zone - while receiving much fuzzy warmth in return because of how long they've been in the neighborhood, yet when the Katz family (who've been around even longer than the Gabays) did exactly the same thing by selling their air rights to Ben Shaoul, they were almost universally excoriated for being disgusting, greedy pigs who didn't care about the EV/LES, with calls for boycotts. Where's the difference here? Cos I'm not seeing it.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-22671099477319241682018-01-09T08:58:35.364-05:002018-01-09T08:58:35.364-05:00What's piggy about it is the negative impact i...What's piggy about it is the negative impact it is going to have on the community. And that there is nothing in the plan that will be beneficial or giving back to the community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-76637646452962689842018-01-08T23:26:17.237-05:002018-01-08T23:26:17.237-05:00to Gojira:
The Gabay family has spent almost 90 y...to Gojira:<br /><br />The Gabay family has spent almost 90 years on the LES providing a great service for the community. It's very telling that you throw any shade at this family for "cashing out". You certainly don't sound jaded or bitter at all...<br /><br />I thank the Gabay's for what they did for our hood and I hope they enjoy the windfall - god bless the LES!Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14211971107728326532018-01-08T13:23:18.248-05:002018-01-08T13:23:18.248-05:00I think upper Avenue A is already considered a sat...I think upper Avenue A is already considered a saturated zone in community board A and would not be easy to approve another bar. Of course, the SLA can override any recommendation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-51564106500369126752018-01-08T12:21:55.467-05:002018-01-08T12:21:55.467-05:00SOrry Gojira...Its HIS PROPERTY.SOrry Gojira...Its HIS PROPERTY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65434042870233745882018-01-08T12:19:42.927-05:002018-01-08T12:19:42.927-05:0010:59
I think your comments are way out of line. ...10:59<br /><br />I think your comments are way out of line. Just too nasty and selfish. They have been members of the hood gong back to the 20s and have invested in the community with their retail outlets. They have a right when opportunity comes along, to profit from it. <br />cmarrtyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65602791622602407382018-01-08T11:57:10.425-05:002018-01-08T11:57:10.425-05:00Okay fellow citizens of this end of Ave A, keep al...Okay fellow citizens of this end of Ave A, keep alert for an indication that this space may turn into another fucking bar, the last thing we need here. In case that happens I strongly suggest you attend that CB3 meeting to let your voices heard against any possibility of a new liquor license on that block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23850414080541392112018-01-08T10:59:02.389-05:002018-01-08T10:59:02.389-05:00"THE GOOD NEWS is we have be blessed with som..."THE GOOD NEWS is we have be blessed with some good fortune that will allow me many new opportunities" + "Real Estate Equities Corporation is planning to demolish the existing low-rise buildings at 3 St. Mark’s Place, 23,25 and 27 Third Avenue to make way for a 7-story, 66,000-square-foot office building...REEC picked up the 99-year lease for the properties for a little more than $150 million...Joseph Gabay, whose family owns the properties..." - yeah, just great for you and your "new opportunities", honey. For us, who will have to deal with yet more demolition, construction of another hideous soulless box, and even more corporate yobs in the neighborhood, along with the kind of bland chain businesses they attract, not so much.Gojiranoreply@blogger.com