tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6286784251676383146..comments2024-03-28T03:47:41.338-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: What's in your empty storefront? Capital One is closing both of its East Village branchesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69230845968397013652019-03-27T20:50:33.319-04:002019-03-27T20:50:33.319-04:00I miss their food too even years latetI miss their food too even years latetjmhnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235468811924367494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6507668786604307172019-03-27T20:50:08.822-04:002019-03-27T20:50:08.822-04:00Never thought of the small business perspective on...Never thought of the small business perspective on this thanks for the infojmhnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235468811924367494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-47763819516429641412019-03-27T01:46:58.388-04:002019-03-27T01:46:58.388-04:00Chase is the worst bank of them all. Fees on top o...Chase is the worst bank of them all. Fees on top of fees. Hopefully they and their CEO Jamie Dimon will lose their shirts in the upcoming financial collapse (just Google “inverted yield curve” for more information). Years ago, as these banks expanded and took over all those prime corner stores, and then endlessly gutted smaller stores to create giant empty banks, it was easy to see this day coming. But we will never get those old stores back, just empty storefronts begging for another bar to open.<br /><br />The banks will always take away as much of your money as you allow them to, because that’s what they are in business for. As Bertolt Brecht said, 'What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?'Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32643397481869602382019-03-26T20:41:26.058-04:002019-03-26T20:41:26.058-04:00Will do. Maybe they can have an atm accessible so...Will do. Maybe they can have an atm accessible somewhere at leastLPIFLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577195599032306763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6141213861414125932019-03-26T19:46:59.752-04:002019-03-26T19:46:59.752-04:00Small businesses rely heavily on brick and mortar ...Small businesses rely heavily on brick and mortar banks for daily cash deposits, change, and help with many operation issues. These branches will be missed. Capital One was/is the most small business friendly bank in the neighborhood. Unlike the clowns who run Chase, Capital One doesn't hammer small businesses with fees for cash deposits, change, having too little or too much money in an account , and monthly service fees. This is a hard hit for EV small biz. It will also serve to further kill foot traffic along the already depressed stretch of 2nd Avenue from 9th to 14th. In any case, I'd sooner stick a pitchfork through my chest than bank with those thieves who run Chase. I'll take the walk to Union Square. By doing so I'll keep about 15 grand in my business's accounts. BagelGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155261136809679167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88757818792128921822019-03-26T14:34:38.401-04:002019-03-26T14:34:38.401-04:00why ANYONE would use brick-mortar banks is beyond ...why ANYONE would use brick-mortar banks is beyond my comprehension---(https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2018/banking-overdraft-fees-cfbp-credit-unions/)---bunch of online banks have NO FEES :)afbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342511797399979293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-10216025038124058052019-03-26T13:34:52.316-04:002019-03-26T13:34:52.316-04:00I bank at the Avenue C and 3rd Street location and...I bank at the Avenue C and 3rd Street location and was told by a teller that we should call the bank's main number and complain that we are left with no services in the East Village, and that it is possible they will open another, updated branch locally. Can't hurt, right? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-29828040760370098142019-03-26T13:15:28.855-04:002019-03-26T13:15:28.855-04:00Ones wonders about the way banks think, nobody cou...Ones wonders about the way banks think, nobody could predict that people would be using online banking almost exclusively before opening all those bank branches in the past half a dozen years?noble neolanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721532867336440260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38419948360848321002019-03-26T12:50:46.094-04:002019-03-26T12:50:46.094-04:00We're being redlined. Oh, not for color but fo...We're being redlined. Oh, not for color but for the fact that we don't have enough money to have bank accounts... So why pay rent?cmarrtyyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06948995395819496180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-50126875071283636642019-03-26T12:49:57.394-04:002019-03-26T12:49:57.394-04:00Long before L&M, in the 70s-early 80s it was A...Long before L&M, in the 70s-early 80s it was Arka, a fascinating Polish-owned store that sold everything from men's shoes to cans of house paint. You never knew what you were going to find when you went in there.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38179041195542561392019-03-26T12:20:57.359-04:002019-03-26T12:20:57.359-04:00Even the banks can't make money.Even the banks can't make money.sophocleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619794822543934239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45674906831144500762019-03-26T10:20:23.390-04:002019-03-26T10:20:23.390-04:00"Thanks" to banks and other chains willi..."Thanks" to banks and other chains willing to pay the big bucks, landlords force out local and irreplaceable longtime businesses. <br /><br />Then the banks and chains leave - having permanently destroyed the neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-79686188378984984782019-03-26T09:50:46.157-04:002019-03-26T09:50:46.157-04:00Amalgamated is on 14th too, no biggie.Amalgamated is on 14th too, no biggie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-61652702805998669192019-03-26T09:23:53.719-04:002019-03-26T09:23:53.719-04:00Before Rectangles was L&M Restaurant.Before Rectangles was L&M Restaurant.Billbrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171550975539752273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57852847650851608102019-03-26T09:06:21.281-04:002019-03-26T09:06:21.281-04:00Grrr. I actually used both, guess i'll have t...Grrr. I actually used both, guess i'll have to trek to the city within a city at 14th... at least not above?LPIFLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577195599032306763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-90614631190720141412019-03-26T06:28:17.008-04:002019-03-26T06:28:17.008-04:00Bring back Rectangles?Bring back Rectangles?Peter Feldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13931795605728164326noreply@blogger.com