Streetlevel: Journey Leaving Dumbo, Holding Big Sale
The global furnishings store Journey is pulling the plug on its Dumbo store at 166 Water Street and consolidating its operations at its smaller Park Slope location. In preparation, they’re holding a store-wide sale on all of its furniture, accessories and jewelry through the end of the month. For more info, check out the website…
The global furnishings store Journey is pulling the plug on its Dumbo store at 166 Water Street and consolidating its operations at its smaller Park Slope location. In preparation, they’re holding a store-wide sale on all of its furniture, accessories and jewelry through the end of the month. For more info, check out the website or call 718-797-9277. GMAP
daveinbedstuy, anyone who forms strong opinions on a place they have never been to is a pretty close-minded person. I’m very familiar with Journey. Their stuff is solid and the real deal.
Perhaps you should check it out before you refer to their entire inventory as “crap.”
Just a thought.
dibs, dude, your comments are so far off the mark that it is a shame to be ill-informed about what it takes to run a small business especially in Dumbo. The fact that the owners are there full time and not on the deck of a yacht in St. Barts should give you a clue. I also know someone who runs their own store in the UK and if anything these people must do it because they have a love for the work because there are no great financial rewards in what they do. Merchandise is priced according to what will cover all the overhead (rent, shipping, et. al.) not what people think it was purchased for in some other country. If you really ‘don’t know any better’ then maybe you should do some research and ask some questions before you insult nice, hard-working people you don’t know. Or just stick to Ikea.
I didn’t mean to imply by the use of the phrase “fake antiques” that they were fraudulently representing anything to be an antique when it wasn’t. I used the term to describe the look of the pieces. That said, I know from my own experiences in Asia and a friend who has the same type shop in SF that these markups on this stuff are truly outrageous.
Exactly…she travels abroad to buy the pieces she sells in her store, meaning it’s not “fake” as described by the first poster. I don’t see her marketing these pieces as antiques either. If he’s never even heard of the store, I just don’t feel the need to bash the people who shop there or the authenticity of the items she sells. Sorry if this is unreasonable.
sorry to hear, Bill and Pam lovely folks
dibs is right, I haven’t been in the dumbo store but have in the PS store.
H25, if you actually _read_ the website, you’d see they are quite open about their stuff.
“The Brooklyn native owner, Pamela makes frequent trips to India and hand selects the best products that truly bring exotic flavor to your home.”
Yeah, you can really tell if furniture is authentic or fake by looking at a picture on a website. Brilliant! You should charge a fee for that.
I’ve never heard of this store but I read the description of this place in the post and figured it was a bunch of fake “antiques” made in places like Indonesia and Thailand; stuff that’s supposed to look exotic to those who don’t know any better.
I went into the website and looked at the Gallery and lo and behold it was exactly that sort of crap. Anyone been in that “Asian antiques” store on Atlantic Ave? Same bunch of overpriced fake crap, poorly made for about 1/40 th of what they are selling it for.
Good stuff for hipsters though!!!!