StreetLevel: Baby Biz Out, Barber In on Fifth Ave.
The pace of retail turnover on Fifth Avenue shows no signs of slowing. However, at 143 Fifth off Douglass, the gentrification tide appears to be reversing: A good old-fashioned barber is going to replace the out-of-business perfume/body potion/candle shop. And right next door, the baby-toy and clothing store Romp is calling it quits after three…
The pace of retail turnover on Fifth Avenue shows no signs of slowing. However, at 143 Fifth off Douglass, the gentrification tide appears to be reversing: A good old-fashioned barber is going to replace the out-of-business perfume/body potion/candle shop. And right next door, the baby-toy and clothing store Romp is calling it quits after three years. (Romp fans will still be able to get their fix on the Web; the bricks-and-mortar location is shuttering because the store’s owner is moving away.) No word yet on what’s going to replace Romp. GMAP
Kids are cool. I used to be one.
I don’t agree with you at all, 4:33.
I don’t believe that marriage and child-rearing go hand in hand as you suggest.
A lifetime of committment should be the basis for a marriage, not as a default if kids are in the picture.
I feel bad for you.
Sounds like you are only married for the sake of the kids.
Yes I have an “existence of my own” – which is EXACTLY why a LIFETIME commitment to 1 person (when both of us may grow and change in unpredictable ways) makes little sense and is unnecessary when you do not need to do so for the sake of child rearing and the financial and personal sacrifices that this involves.
What does having children having to do with wanting to proclaim yourself to a lifetime of love in a committed relationship with another human being?
I don’t see the correlation at all…
People like you who apparently LIVE for your kids (thus the only reason you got married, it would appear) scare me.
Don’t you have an existence of your own?
Used to be a barber shop on this exact block that dealt alot of drugs maybe its the same dealers coming back to the hood. That would be huge for Duncan.
356 – I got no issue with your desire to not have kids – but I seriously question why you would legally commit to a lifetime partnership and monogomy with 1 person when your not going to have children (who are legitimatly strengthened by a strong and stable family unit)
ummm…because not everyone wants or likes, children.
people like you, 3:48 turn me off from the idea more and more.
judging from the dead inside look i see from many of the moms along 7th avenue, i certainly am not in any hurry.
And btw, there are MORE singles in Park Slope than there are people with kids. Just so you have some actual facts to go along with your lies.
47.90% White
31.60% Black
0.60% Native American
0.10% or Alaskan Native Islander
11.10% Asian
24.70% Hispanic
19.50% Families w/Children
24.60% Families Married
10.50% Married w/Children
15.10% Female Household
7.60% Female w/Children
56.60% Non-Family
39.60% Single Household
(adds up to more than 100% because some check more than one option)
Actually what sane person would commit to lifetime monogamy with no intention of raising children!