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
it means whatever you want it to mean.
i personally think he is nuts.
anyone who got married solely because they are having kids doesn’t make much sense to me. marriage is a union between a man and a woman, a woman and a woman, a man and a man or an ape and an ape.
not a man or woman and child.
The problem with hip high-end amenities throughout a neighborhood, is you end up with no places to buy the things and services you need in real life on a day to day basis.
Look at Soho. Totally useless as a residential neighborhood unless the only thing you shop for are designer boots. And you actually enjoy living in an outdoor version of Mall of America.
PS should really hope to hang onto the drycleaners, the tailors, the barbershops, the shoe repair place.
As for kids stores unless you have no problem paying $50 for a onesie your baby can wear for a month or two, you’re out of luck. Park Slope kids stores are great for finding special baby gifts but not for acquiring your children’s entire wardrobes. Most Park Slope parents surely order their kids clothing from Gap.com. If they don’t, they’re waayyy too status conscious.
Read = insecure. You know, like having to have the “right” stroller.
“….who has no backbone.”
what does that even mean????
11:53
I think that was covered already…
Romp going to be a new video store, Barker Posey is going to be a crappy new kiddie store and there’s a new jewelry store opening where the frame shop was.
That covers it all.
Now back to bashing that totally, off his rocker husband who has no backbone.
Anyhooo… I think a video store would be good in the hood. All we have now is Hollywood Video near 8th St. & Get Reel on St. Marks (which has the worst service in the world!) Gotta supplement my Netflix.
Anyone have anything to say that’s germane to the original post?
I cannot WAIT for that typewriter repair shop. My ’81 Emerald Green Selectric has been acting up lately, and I’ve got to get these dittos finished before tomorrow’s pop quiz!!
11:45 = least creative person in the history of the known universe.
11:39 = nazi
There are some sick and uptight people in Brooklyn.