Streetlevel: Closeout Shop for the Slope
Maybe it’s a sign of the times that this prime piece of real estate, on the corner of 9th Street and 5th Avenue, is going to be a discount shop. DII is now the name of the discount department stores known as Dee & Dee. The space was formerly occupied by Eckerd, but the company…
Maybe it’s a sign of the times that this prime piece of real estate, on the corner of 9th Street and 5th Avenue, is going to be a discount shop. DII is now the name of the discount department stores known as Dee & Dee. The space was formerly occupied by Eckerd, but the company was purchased by Rite Aid, conveniently located one block away. GMAP
Wait, didn’t there used to be a Dee&Dee on 5th Avenue around 13th or 14th streets a few years ago? Maybe I’m losing my mind….
It shows that no nabe is spared in this economy. Yes, we’ve fallen on hard times. One word, Degentrification! You see, it’s a buyer’s market, even Dee&Dee is relocating from downtown brooklyn to PS.
I think that for all those that criticize Park Slope and say it’s one big Yuppie heaven, the opening of this store shows not only that it’s not true, but shows that PS is a little more diverse than many people give it credit for.
While a Trader Joe’s might have been nice, we really have everything we could possibly need in Park Slope. And all within walking distance.
I think it’s nice to see something like this open, even if I may never shop there.
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I will not incriminate myself by answering. It was all back in the 80s and you know what that was like!!!! More on topic, I got one of the nicest suits I’ve ever owned there.
Did somebody get a bargain?
Snark…I’m not going to tell you what happened to me at Filene’s years ago; at least not under these circumstances.
There used to be a Dee & Dee on the corner of 5th Ave and 86th Street in Bay Ridge. It closed a few years ago and is now a Chase bank. Rumor had it that Dee & Dee was owned by the same people who own Century21 Dept Stores. It wasn’t so much a discount store as a real “schlock” store. I’m talking large bins of loose socks, undies and shoes of the poorest quality. Maybe they will make in better for Park Slope.
“Ever seen a free-for-all battle over a pile of clothes in the original Filene’s Basement in Boston?????”
I fought many of those battles myself. A friend of mine met his boyfriend while searching for boxers.