tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post1745403437711293928..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: The Last Days of the Last Kim'sJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-75640957940586496562015-01-07T08:38:42.411-05:002015-01-07T08:38:42.411-05:00I certainly won't miss Kim's - the only as...I certainly won't miss Kim's - the only association I have with that store is that they took over the wonderful St. Mark's Baths building when Mayor In-The-Closet Koch shut the bathhouses down in the 80s. Although I know Kim's had nothing to do with that, I still resent them for being any part of the loss of that significant piece of gay history.Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860208585189661470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-32787988485476879762014-07-24T13:57:27.933-04:002014-07-24T13:57:27.933-04:00yeah, miss the kim's on st. mark's and sec...yeah, miss the kim's on st. mark's and second most! damn... video tape! mondo kim's was pretty awesome, and the bleeker one... alas, I'm surprised they lasted this long. who rents or buys videos anymore? torrenting and nutfux seem to rule. also, the whole damned LES has been gutted and remodeled anyway... sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-72430438925747539612014-07-24T01:45:38.554-04:002014-07-24T01:45:38.554-04:00they were nice to me, bought my first dvds there i...they were nice to me, bought my first dvds there in 2005. $16 per disk. i didnt know about pirates. laura r.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-37715315024261020512014-07-23T15:51:50.807-04:002014-07-23T15:51:50.807-04:00There are many reasons for a business to close. It...There are many reasons for a business to close. It's not always the evil landlord. I know a couple who sold their business because they worked 6-7 days a week for minimal financial rewards and they had no life. Sometimes people have had enough or the profit isn't worth all the work. The super high cost of doing business here- especially utilities, unemployment,workman's comp and the raising of the minimum wage don't help either. Online shopping doesn't help either. Neither does the city who see small business owners as revenue sources who don't have the resources or connections to fight back. It's all these rolled together. Plus the destruction of NYCs middle class. Yes the bros and their ilk are part of it too but I don't think they are the entire reason. <br />It seems they are the easy scapegoats for a much bigger problem. I wish I knew some answer besides voting for candidates that might help and supporting my favorite locally owned shops. What else should people be doing? It's all depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-73152778187568429152014-07-23T12:41:43.639-04:002014-07-23T12:41:43.639-04:00Didn't they also briefly have an outpost in Je...Didn't they also briefly have an outpost in Jersey City, right next to the Pavonia-Newport station, some years back? (I don't think it was Other Music--but Kim's....)<br /><br />Until Word Bookstore opened recently that was one of the rare bookstores selling NEW books (there was one on Jersey Ave. that closed) in downtown Jersey City. <br /><br />After Kim's left, Phoenix University, the for-profit educational outfit, moved in.John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-48438415529090581312014-07-23T10:51:26.914-04:002014-07-23T10:51:26.914-04:00So if it's not because business is bad - if it...So if it's not because business is bad - if it's just because of the lease on this specific space, then why wouldn't they relocate? I had read previously that the same newsletter mentioned that possibility.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theawl.com/2014/04/death-of-a-video-store" rel="nofollow">http://www.theawl.com/2014/04/death-of-a-video-store</a>ShatteredMonoclenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-469697014152414912014-07-23T10:04:40.627-04:002014-07-23T10:04:40.627-04:00Not too sad about this one. The staff were incredi...Not too sad about this one. The staff were incredibly rude/condescending. I realize that was part of the "charm" but we're not living in the NYC of the 90's anymore. Plus how can the owner say business was still "great"? Who still rents or buys DVD's? (Except possibly myself, and then very rarely.) The last few times I was in there there was never anyone buying anything, jut a few browsers. <br /><br />I will miss the time period of Kim's though, with it's creaky floors and dusty shelves (I used to rent videos at the St. Marks/2nd Ave location, above The Gap). The scene at the Ave A location on weekends was always entertaining. Of course that's when the East village, and New York City, was interesting.<br /><br />Again, I mourn the time period, not the place.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-30736541381506730722014-07-23T07:45:22.083-04:002014-07-23T07:45:22.083-04:00Wow nice attitude. Fuck them. Good riddance. Assho...Wow nice attitude. Fuck them. Good riddance. Assholes to the end.<br /><br />I mean you ask them if they're gonna reopen and they give a smarmy answer. Ok, eat a dick then.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com