The State of 7th Ave
If you’re walking down 7th Avenue in Park Slope, you might experience sensations of dizziness or disorientation. This is due to the massive turnover along this commercial drag recently: The Brooklyn Paper notes that the main drag from Flatbush Avenue to 15th Street has 27 storefronts either empty or in transition. Since rents are going…
If you’re walking down 7th Avenue in Park Slope, you might experience sensations of dizziness or disorientation. This is due to the massive turnover along this commercial drag recently: The Brooklyn Paper notes that the main drag from Flatbush Avenue to 15th Street has 27 storefronts either empty or in transition. Since rents are going down and lower rents favor restaurants, says the article, this means more eateries are on their way in, changing the character of the neighborhood. Some residents bemoan these changes, while others are adding menus to their take-out drawers, but Steve Sommers, a local broker, notes that previously higher rents were too high. It was a bubble, but now all the hot air is getting let out, he told the Paper.
Seven Up or Down? [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Raphael Brion
“RE: the spelling. My guess would be that the writer is not a native speaker of English.”
Could be, but then it seems odd that he or she would leave out one letter instead of misspelling it in another way. But maybe.
Nomi:
I appreciate that, but someone who has not taken the time to proofread a sign multiple times which will hang on the front door of their business, might lead me to believe that it’s a sign of someone who may not have been very successful in said business for this same lack of attention to detail.
Or not.
I was looking for a great Thai Restaurant in Park Slope last week. I was very surprises/disappointed when I realized there were not that many in the neighborhood. There seem to be much more choices in Williamsburg.
RE: the spelling. My guess would be that the writer is not a native speaker of English.
Rob,
It’s not a metaphor… it’s an example of a basic logical fallacy.
Just because the ground is wet doesn’t mean it’s raining. Just because restaurants like lower rent, doesn’t mean there’s going to be a flood of eateries.
I think ANY shop would like lower rent, no?
I guess you could be right about that, Rob.
Just to defend the bad spellers of the world: We can’t help it! Some of us have advanced degrees . . . it’s about not having a certain kind of visual memory.
Though, through my years of analysis of misspelled words, I believe that this person probably made a “typo.” Unlikely that he or she actually thinks the word is spelled that way, since it can’t be pronounced like that.
Yes, yes, why didn’t they catch it? Well, yeah, that’s another story.
But doesn’t anyone feel sad reading this? The content is sad.
This article is stupid.
7th Avenue (and all these blocks) are constantly changing.
I see no difference on 7th than I have for the last few years. Stores close, new ones comes in….in many instances, the things that replace the old are better than what was there before…no big woop.
I’m looking forward to seeing what’s taking the space of the Trade Winds store that closed on 7th between Lincoln and Berkeley. The for rent sign has come down, so I guess we’ll see soon enough.
The fact that more restaurants are coming, is only a plus in my book. Not sure why people would bemoan that. More choices, more competition, more options, what’s not to like?
And we DON’T NEED more high end restaurants. Park Slope is not a high end restaurant kinda place. Not sure why, but it isn’t.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get back a butcher store, like the old Liberty Market? Or an old-fashioned sit-down ice cream parlor, like Hinch’s in Bay Ridge? Or just anything that wasn’t “luxury” or a clone or a chain?