Streetlevel: Still No Takers for Gage & Tollner Space
The former space that was occupied by Gage & Tollner from 1879 until T.G.I.F. took it over just a few years has been sitting empty for more than six months, an apparent sign of the immediate area’s current identity crisis. The landmarked interior is calling out for a first-class establishment; the nearby sneaker and electronics…
The former space that was occupied by Gage & Tollner from 1879 until T.G.I.F. took it over just a few years has been sitting empty for more than six months, an apparent sign of the immediate area’s current identity crisis. The landmarked interior is calling out for a first-class establishment; the nearby sneaker and electronics stores probably aren’t helping the cause. Maybe the new occupants of 110 Livingston should start a letter-writing campaign to Danny Meyer.
Thank God It’s Gone: TGIF Space for Rent [Brownstoner] GMAP
What I wonder is why TGIF went out of business there. The death of G&T was (very sadly) understandable, a victim of demographics; but I woulda figured that a chain restaurant, even one semi-despoiling/semi-rescuing a landmark, would’ve been a guaranteed hit, given that the other options are skanky fast-food places and hot dog stands. Anybody heard theories about why TGIF didn’t make it?
Now now then.
It’s still the Fulton Mall. It’s not going to change anytime soon. Restaurants that cater to people with the adidas shell toes and the gold teef can only flourish on Fulton right now. Adams Street/Brooklyn Bridge Blvd is too much of a “chinese wall” for Heights folks to mover past.
hey brownstoner, how do you plan on dealing with “The What”, I mean guest 4:01.
You still don’t get it do you The What. It’s not that people aren’t aware of what’s happening out there, it’s just that what you cut and paste is irrelevent to the subject at hand. Start your own website and cut and paste all you like.
Just stick to the topic at hand.
4:44 – The only people leaving their “family home” are those who choose to sell. Gentrification does not displace people by default in New York City. You can thank rent control and rent stabilization for that.
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The vacant TGI Fridays. I think 3:28 (remember her/him? just page up 11 times!) has it right. I heard the owner wants 30-big per month. And, don’t forget, there was a high-end restaurant (Gage&Tollner) at this location before the chain and it went out of business too.
While I hate posts like 4:01 also, why shouldn’t your post be taken down, 4:32? Some people…especially those that live in Downtown Brooklyn who are having to leave their family home because of gentrification, might be equally annoyed by your post.
See..this is why Freedom of Speech works in the end…
BROWNSTONE: Please take down these nuisance posts (4:01PM) that are just cut-and-pastes from other news sources and not relevant to the thread at hand.
FWIW, a high end resturant at this location would be a risk but would also perhaps start a domino effect of changes on the western edge of Fulton St that many appear to want for the mall (and this general area of downtown Brooklyn) but that others are just as equally opposed to. My guess is that with all the money invested by developers and individual home-owners in the new condos in that area, gentrification will win out.
Two Trees should step in and buy this building to bring in a cool tenant.
4:01 Whatever. These homebuilders build tract housing. Or upper income tract housing. I do not care about them, This market is not the same market as my brownstone and never will be. Show us some figures for HISTORICAL Neighborhoods around the country. and then your long winded post will mean something.