DOB Green Lights First Stage of Whole Foods Project
That collective sigh of relief you hear is from all the developers with buildings underway within shopping distance of the planned Whole Foods site at Third Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus. The DOB approved the grocer’s plans for foundation work on the site yesterday, marking a huge symbolic moment in the project’s—and neighborhood’s—history. It’s…
That collective sigh of relief you hear is from all the developers with buildings underway within shopping distance of the planned Whole Foods site at Third Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus. The DOB approved the grocer’s plans for foundation work on the site yesterday, marking a huge symbolic moment in the project’s—and neighborhood’s—history. It’s been a long time coming: Whole Foods held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the 68,000-square-foot store way back in ’06, and it was supposed to open this spring. In the meantime, a number of community groups have expressed concerns about the site’s environmental conditions (concerns that many say WF has ignored), and vandals have repeatedly torn down the property’s fence (it was playing peek-a-boo again this weekend, for example). It’s probably too early to break out the champagne though: The application for the new building was disapproved yesterday. Stay tuned.
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Just wanted to say that to whomever said “yep, with their high prices… fake health food and other bullshit.”
FYI: Whole Foods’ high prices are only that way because the food is higher quality. Organic and sustainable farming is more expensive to produce, so you’re paying for better food and for a solid contribution to help the planet. Whole Foods still only makes 3% profit on their sales, which is right in line with every other major grocer in the country.
Oh my the false hope this story is trying to put out there to warm the cold hearts of those developers, and just in time for Valentines.
The DOB has not approved the architectural plans for this site. DOB has approved shoring and underpinning only. Whole Foods hasn’t yet passed on their zoning and building code.
anus suckers! yay!
Gowanus sucks! Suck it anuses!
yay for the area. gowanus is such a backwater.
gowanus = anus of brooklyn :p.
Dear The Twat and 5:20,
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oh yea great another whole foods. Overpriced and catering to the wealthy. Fuck whole foods.
12:34-ass mucher
welcome back The What.
“Good to see you’re cracking open the Popov before sundown today, WhatTheFuck. Here’s a tip: Why wait until lunch–your morning Wheatena at “the home” would go down a lot easier with a couple snorts from your plastic flask. Plus it should hasten your descent from mildly entertaining nitwit to cumguzzling guttersnipe.”
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The What (No Lube)
Someday this war is gonna end…..
Good to see you’re cracking open the Popov before sundown today, WhatTheFuck. Here’s a tip: Why wait until lunch–your morning Wheatena at “the home” would go down a lot easier with a couple snorts from your plastic flask. Plus it should hasten your descent from mildly entertaining nitwit to cumguzzling guttersnipe.