Fulton Mall Appears To Be Bucking Retail Downturn
Biking through the Fulton Mall this week we were struck by how unaffected it appeared to be by the recession and broader downturn in the retail environment. We obviously don’t have any numbers on sales trends at any of the stores, but we were impressed by the fact that there was only one small store…
Biking through the Fulton Mall this week we were struck by how unaffected it appeared to be by the recession and broader downturn in the retail environment. We obviously don’t have any numbers on sales trends at any of the stores, but we were impressed by the fact that there was only one small store that was empty and only one other For Rent sign on the entire seven-block stretch. This is in marked contrast to the scene on Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues and, well, almost everywhere.
some of my best friends wear wigs.
You know, I could just as easily turn this around and accuse of racism those of you who don’t think African-Americans deserve better than shopping in the shithole that is Fulton Mall. But that would just force us all to abandon the issue at hand and start bragging about who’s got more black friends.
I really don’t care who shops there. If it looks like a shithole to me, then that’s going to be my opinion. In the end that’s all these comments are. Accusing somebody of racism or anti-Semitism for no good reason is a coward’s way of using an ad hominem attack to escape an argument.
bxgrl: I see how you’d come to that wrong, yet asinine conclusion
oh stfu billiamsburg. i love incense and bootleg hip hop cds!
*r*
where else but outside Hoyt-Schermmerhon, can you pick up your welfare check and spend it all in two blocks on sneakers, fast food, cell phones, belt buckles, baubles, and basketball jerseys? And then even make it to the court house one more block away in time for your baby daddy’s child support case! God bless America. No universal health care but we’re still able to give out tax dollars for people to buy incense and bootleg hip hop CDs. Good prioritizing, liberals. Make amends for your guilt first, fix the country second.
I love the Bklyn Macy’s and also shopped there when it was A&S. Although there are always shoppers there, it is SO much less of a zoo than the Manhattan Macy’s which is insane and stuffed full of year-round tourists. Same merchandise, and Macy’s always some kind of sale going on. Macy’s is great. And it’s convenient to hit up the Children’s Place across the street plus whatever else at the mall while I”m there.
exactly. totally advocate it but i called it how i perceive it.i have never shopped at the fulton mall but i used to always shop in the same exactly kind of stores when i lived in harlem. i mean they serve their purpose because there are a LOT more people in the city who need things from stores at the fulton mall than might need something at some ridiculous overpriced tiny one rack clothing boutique in williamsburg.
again, if my comments even remotely sound racist i apologize. sometimes i have digital diarhea.
*r*
“Rob is most certainly not racist, btw.”
BTW, I agree and did not mean to infer he was with my own comments. Although I definitely agree he posts some strange comments from time to time, if you look back, Rob has been one of the people who has ADVOCATED shopping in the Fulton Mall
I see why you picked the user name “heck of a job brownie”
I didn’t say I wanted 7th Avenue to look like Fulton Street.
I said I wished it were more vibrant. Big difference.
And p.s. I don’t find Fulton to be a “shithole of staggering proportions.” I wonder if people would say the same thing if it looked just as it does, same stores but with all white shoppers.
This thread has become ridiculous. Rob is most certainly not racist, btw.