Growing up in this area (and still living there) we used to have plenty of stores - there were discount stores, a Macy*s (where Staples, Old Navy, Stop and Shop [formerly Edwards], and Bally's are), as well as family-run pizza shops, children's stores, restaurants, etc. Flatbush used to be the "SPOT" back in the day. All of a sudden chain stores started popping up, the little stores would disappear- even more so now. Rents keep shooting up and a lot of people are feeling alienated. A lot of people worked EXTREMELY hard to make it here and now they're being cast aside.
As a child I always wished I would have the money to one day fix up that theatre- even before the demise of Kenmore (now known as Modell's). Now, I wouldn't be surprised to see a developer take it over and try to turn it into "luxury" condos for the sake of a quick buck.
Growing up in this area (and still living there) we used to have plenty of stores - there were discount stores, a Macy*s (where Staples, Old Navy, Stop and Shop [formerly Edwards], and Bally's are), as well as family-run pizza shops, children's stores, restaurants, etc. Flatbush used to be the "SPOT" back in the day. All of a sudden chain stores started popping up, the little stores would disappear- even more so now. Rents keep shooting up and a lot of people are feeling alienated. A lot of people worked EXTREMELY hard to make it here and now they're being cast aside.
As a child I always wished I would have the money to one day fix up that theatre- even before the demise of Kenmore (now known as Modell's). Now, I wouldn't be surprised to see a developer take it over and try to turn it into "luxury" condos for the sake of a quick buck.
Posted by: BK4Life at May 28, 2008 11:32 PM in response to Developer Save the Kings?