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
all the big boxes are in fort greene (mall) and gowanus (alot of shit)
Earth-shattering meteor, where are you!?!?!?!
SORRY…mean to say…what sane person would say we DON’T have enough kiddie stores in PS.
3:34…You are right, but we were having a nice conversation here until 2:43 came in with her…”better to have kid shit than big box stores”
I mean…where is the reference to Big Box stores? There are none in Park Slope.
And what SANE person (even with kids) would be able to say with a straight face that we have enough kiddie stores.
This isn’t about kid hating, this is about parents who are SO entitled to the point of thinking and actually saying that if the neighborhood isn’t filled with kid stores, it will be filled with Walmarts.
It’s asinine.
And let me just say, a hearty thank you for not spreading your poisonous dna to the next generation
This post isn’t about posey baker. It’s about romp and that disgusting incense shop that insisted on polluting the air on the sidewalk.
I don’t have kids, but I have also never been able to fathom where the nasty comments about those who do in Park Slope come from. Sure, some parents and some kids are rude (just like some of every other type of person), but I don’t get the nastiness toward them as a group. Somebody has to raise the next generation. Who do we think is going to be there to provide us with all the services we need from people who are still working as we age?
Why does everyone assume that someone who’s not interested in more kid crap merchants has to be single? Not everyone with a spouse has to add a little brat to the mix. Some of us married and didn’t discover that our wife/husband wasn’t enough for us. It’s called contraception. Seeing your little demons on their steamed-birch scooters blocking the sidewalk is motivation enough for me to avoid adding another one to the neighborhood.
Ummm awkward…but back to the post. Did Posey Baker really shut down..would anyone happen to know if there is a for rent sign in their window.