Blimpie Is Coming, Like It or Not
The controversial Blimpie under construction at S. Elliot and Lafayette, as captured by Set Speed. Blimpie Awning [Set Speed] Blimpie, DD to Mar Lafayette [Brownstoner]
The controversial Blimpie under construction at S. Elliot and Lafayette, as captured by Set Speed.
Blimpie Awning [Set Speed]
Blimpie, DD to Mar Lafayette [Brownstoner]
Definitely sarcastic. I’m an “evil” one myself.
anonymous, i think that’s hilarious that you actually put the word “evil” in front of “gentrifiers”. what are you, george bush? i hope you’re being sarcastic.
incidentally, i’m a native and a gentrifier at the same time. is that a contradiction?
26 comments on blimpie and 3 on Ratner. Suprising. Ratner project will shape brooklyn and will be there much longer after blimpie is long gone.
I dont like chains as well but there are more important issues.
yeah, ‘hoods change. Get used to it (Blimpies).
To the “native” Ft. Greener who blesses Blimpie for not being a “drug front”, the only reason the drug fronting bodegas are folding up is because of the evil gentrifiers. If you want to eat fast food because it is affordable, all the power to you. No one is dictating what you eat, but quit whining about being a native Ft. Greener. This neighborhood has been here for 150 odd years, I’m sure there have been plenty of “natives” over the generations. Last time I checked, the current set of “natives” didn’t build the neighborhood in the 19th century. You live in the city, neighborhoods change, get used to it.
I miss the old Video Basket, but Markt tells me he will likely be opening a new Video Basket on Fulton between St. James and Grand for those living in Clinton Hill.
I don’t like the idea of junky fast food chains moving in, but it is not like it is in the middle of a residential block, it is at the bottom of Lafayette at the Fulton intersection.
However, I do loathe the idea of all of the additional garbage that will likely be thrown on the ground by all of the teenagers who will undoubtedly keep the place busy.
If Blimpie go rid of the tackie awning an kept it clean, I think there would be less of a concern.
I live around the corner from this…I’ve heard all the “controversy” and then I actually saw it yesterday…it’s no big deal guys…it’s not like the Seinfeld episode with the Kenny Rogers Roasters sign…there are a ton of commercial properties around this location and some of them horrible…
Also another article somewhere pointed out that Blimpies are independently owned and operated…this is owned by a small business owner from Queens…just because it’s a brand doesn’t mean its a faceless corporate monolith…although that is the easiest way to look at it…
Man, we go to the dentist for a couple of hours, and look what happens!
I’ll say it loud and without apology: “I LOVE BLIMPIES!”
(Don’t care for B’klyn Hghts, though)