The following is a story that my friend told me about living in
Hoboken, NJ. The first changes happened in the late 80's, and by the
mid-nineties it was a done deal.
"...at first the chain stores seem to give in on the fight with the
local people , but it's a false white flag .
they start contributing to both sides of the local candidates for the
city council or zoning boards and get them elected , (when you support
both sides it's pretty hard not to win ) .
then the rents go up slowly or new zoning ordinances get put into
effect that the small local guy cant afford to do or are impossible to
do without a large scale renovation .
so they are forced out .
my cousin owned a book store in hoboken .He fought the boards for a
few years,
till an ordinance was passed about electric and plumbing in commercial
buildings.
-Impossible for him to do, so he sold his place and moved to south
carolina.
then Barnes and Noble, along with Sam Goody record store with it's up
to code standards and minimum wage jobs moved in,
opened for awhile, made money, and then closed up shop ."
On Dec 14, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Karen Allen wrote:
Today's Review has an article about the zoning meeting for the
proposed Subway at 46th and Baltimore. I don't live in Spruce Hill,
but I agree with the business owners who are concerned about
corporate chains taking root here. My concern is that franchises
can afford to pay high rents that would price out those businesses
who don't own their buildings.
I remember how South Street was back in the 1970s and 1980s before
McDonalds, The Gap and what have you came in--TLA Theater, Book
Trader, all kinds of little boutiques, eateries, galleries-- fun
places to go to with stuff you didn't see in the malls. But once the
corporate entities took root, gradually the sole proprietors were
forced to go elsewhere... and now when you go to South Street what
you see are a lot of the same stuff you see in the average mall, and
a lot of vacancies.
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:22:30 +0100
To: kallena...@msn.com
From: en...@pressreview.net
Subject: SUBWAY TAKE-OUT ON BALT. AVE...
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