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
“could be”
“COULDN’T be”
“based on your criteria, there’s no possible way anything new and unique (that’s not a salon or liquor store, i suppose) could be “valuable and necessary,” which kind of means your standard has no relevance.”
Nice try. I didn’t say “there’s no way anything new and unique” could be valuable or necessary. I said I didn’t find this particular concept to be particularly valuable or necessary. By the same token, the hair salons and liquor stores which have survived for years have proven their value, by their very survival and in some cases, success. Perhaps that will happen for this business. Time will tell.
“You are (by your own description) a “dirty hipster,” so that goes without saying.”
haha i’m not really – but it seems this store has 3 seemingly unreleated types of things that everyone could find use for.
my point has nothing to do with the community “managing” to get along without a skate shop, but i suspect you’re smart enough to know that. i think the community would “manage” with one fewer salon or liquor store, too. we can agree that it’s obvious that the business will survive if the fundamentals are there, and won’t if they aren’t.
i just find it silly to defend a multitude of hair salons as “valuable and necessary” and offer as proof of their value/necessity that they’ve been there a long time and are patronized, when the subject here is a brand new, and (i believe) unique, business for the area. based on your criteria, there’s no possible way anything new and unique (that’s not a salon or liquor store, i suppose) could be “valuable and necessary,” which kind of means your standard has no relevance.
“There’s been some days where I am looking for a new skateboard”
You are (by your own description) a “dirty hipster,” so that goes without saying.
oh and old people like to garden.
“I just wouldn’t call this establishment especially valuable or necessary in terms of how I see the community. But that’s just my opinion.”
kids love skating. that about all you need to get by.
Yes, I’ve found it interesting how vanderbilt and washington both continue to get new bars, shops, restaurants in spite of the recession. There have been many predictions of gentrification reversal during the downturn and so far the opposite seems true.
There’s been some days where I am looking for a new skateboard, flowers for the lady and some dry goods. If i had a store like this in my neighborhood it would be very useful to me.