Streetlevel: Skateboards, Flowers and Dry Goods
Like it or not, the border of Crown Heights and Prospect Heights is getting hipper by the day. Last month, it was news of Tracy Westmoreland’s new bar Manhattans at 748 Washington Avenue. Now, courtesy of a reader, comes word of a store called Skateboards, Flowers and Dry Goods at 533 Park Place between Grand…
Like it or not, the border of Crown Heights and Prospect Heights is getting hipper by the day. Last month, it was news of Tracy Westmoreland’s new bar Manhattans at 748 Washington Avenue. Now, courtesy of a reader, comes word of a store called Skateboards, Flowers and Dry Goods at 533 Park Place between Grand and Classon. And don’t forget about the restaurant Abigail which is a couple of blocks away on Classon and the bar Franklin Park which opened a year ago. Anyone been in the store yet? When did it open? GMAP
“based on faulty assumptions, without providing any reasoned argument”
Uh, no. I made the judgment based on my view of things. It’s my opinion. I can understand if you disagree (which is your wont, based on your handle), but to say I based my OPINION on “faulty assumptions” is simply YOUR opinion. Furthermore, I didn’t use “a measurement to which they cannot possibly be held” – to compare the businesses, I mentioned success – the goal of any business. You’re not making any sense.
http://keetsa.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/segway-vc-2.jpg
what is a segway? (lol sounds like im asking what’s a henway)
*rob*
yes, ENY, that’s exactly my point. you made a judgment that this place wasn’t valuable or necessary based on faulty assumptions, without providing any reasoned argument – or any argument, actually, other than a measurement to which they cannot possibly be held. it’s pretty transparent, actually.
oh, and rob, i’ve also seen grown women on those scooters. too funny. but segway takes the cake. and bike cops.
ha total agreeance snarkslope.
i did however see a grown man in a business suit on one of those razer scooters a few weeks going to work. i nearly died laughing.
*rob*
You can be any color you want, as long as you stop skateboarding after you pass the age of 20.
There are few things sadder looking than a 30-something dude on a skateboard.
Well, maybe *anyone* on a Segway.
yeah ive noticed that black youth have stolen skateboarding and the whole look in retaliation on white kids stealing rap and the whole hip hop look. just my observation.
*rob*
what sweetser said. i was at the botanic garden last weekend during the sakura matsuri events, where i saw a huge number of black teenagers and early-20s-types wearing japanese pop culture clothing and gear (i.e., they were dressed sort of like anime/manga characters). it was an interesting cultural intersection that served as a good reminder that one should avoid making broad assumptions about the preferences and tastes of any particular group or community.
many of these comments seem to assume that a strictly white crowd will frequent a skate shop. i teach middle school in a minority neighborhood, and this year at least 50% of the boys are into skateboarding. even those who aren’t skating are still wearing the gear. sales of hoodies and sneakers to the ghetto kids alone could keep this place alive.