tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post5794823576904463507..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Lunch Mob for Cafe EdisonJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-78447398785929422692014-11-12T16:11:12.035-05:002014-11-12T16:11:12.035-05:00To Anonymous 11:29AM, I support your approach, but...To Anonymous 11:29AM, I support your approach, but I have to tell you, I am regularly disheartened to see people packing into all the chains and high end spots that have replaced the neighborhood institutions. You pass a Chipotle or a Duane Reed or Dunkin Donuts, and there's always people in there, shopping away, chowing down. (And I'm not singling these particular businesses out, they're the ones that first came to mind.) <br /><br />What gets me is that there are often more economical, better-tasting food options--but then people go with what they know (and what's relentlessly advertised), so I don't fault them.<br /><br />Only the bank branches and some of the ultra-frou-frou clothing stores appear to be mostly empty. The latter do have personal shoppers who pop in and charge up thousands of dollars, so I guess they can look as empty as a subway train with bedbugs.<br /><br />No matter how actively many of us boycott these new businesses, there'll be people filing through their doors in droves, unless, as was the case with that 7-11 in the East Village, enough people make it a pariah business it can't survive. But we'd need an interactive map of the spots that have been hypergentrified and chained into sterility. And they're becoming so numerous in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn that you'd almost have to boycott whole swaths of both boroughs.John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-51765454126432265122014-11-10T23:11:56.760-05:002014-11-10T23:11:56.760-05:00Anon 10:29 nobody is attempting to force the landl...Anon 10:29 nobody is attempting to force the landlords hand. Thats not possible.I think what people are hoping is that the landlord will come to his senses and realize what a beloved institution it is and also to honor his parents wishes and keep their longtime family friend in business.<br /><br />What a beautiful thing jeremiah !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-87108260680157160972014-11-10T22:29:19.531-05:002014-11-10T22:29:19.531-05:00"being denied a lease renewal"
that'..."being denied a lease renewal"<br /><br />that's like saying that you were denied a sunny day. it's still a free country (despite our elected politicians' best efforts) and it's the end of a contract. the landlord is no more obligated to keep them than they are obligated to stay <br /><br />you can't diss Robert Moses on one hand and then force a lease renewal on the other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-6012467666249737852014-11-10T11:29:24.503-05:002014-11-10T11:29:24.503-05:00Perhaps we should take things a bit further and cr...Perhaps we should take things a bit further and create a petition where people will pledge to not eat at the proposed new establishment ala what they did to protect the pharmacy on the Upper West Side a few years back.<br /><br />As much as I love the show of support, the only language that people like Mr. Barad speak is money. I mean, if being given a multi-million dollar hotel (!) at birth isn't enough to prevent him from ousting a thriving business and disrupting numerous lives, I don't see why a signed petition would unless there are potential financial ramifications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18364842794804924362014-11-10T10:43:25.804-05:002014-11-10T10:43:25.804-05:00Matzoh balls?
Feh!
KASHA VARNISHKES!
KASHA VARNISH...Matzoh balls?<br />Feh!<br />KASHA VARNISHKES!<br />KASHA VARNISHKES!<br />KASHA VARNISHKES!brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-39240345967463630492014-11-10T09:53:44.215-05:002014-11-10T09:53:44.215-05:00What a great event you put together - a beautiful ...What a great event you put together - a beautiful show of support. And there are almost 6,000 signatures on the petition now. <br />Thank you Jeremiah! The response to the imminent closure has brought out such an inspiring chorus of New York voices, and a feeling of old city spirit. I feel proud to be in such good company. In a moment of giddy optimism, I think this campaign just might work...onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.com