Montague Street Crisis: The Video

By on March 29, 2009 10:22 am in Brooklyn Heights, Real Estate


We recently reported on the troubles facing Montague Street merchants and the challenges they present to independently owned stores.  Here’s the video companion for that series from BHB’s Sarah Portlock

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6 Responses to Montague Street Crisis: The Video

  1. AEB March 29, 2009 at 12:26 pm #

    Tracy Walsch of Heights Books: “…business is business…it isn’t, like, we’re a community facility…we’re not here to add a pleasant element to the neighborhood…us leaving is representative of what’s going on….”

    Of course business is business. Yet there’s something a little shocking about Ms. Walsch’s lack of any expressed sympathetic connection to the area…or any statement of gratitude for her former customers.

    “…Us leaving is symptomatic of what’s happening around here.” But isn’t it the other way around?

  2. John of Clinton March 29, 2009 at 5:01 pm #

    Very nice to see hyperlocal “tv” news reporting. Thanks!

  3. my2cents March 29, 2009 at 5:27 pm #

    AEB, you seem to enjoy getting indignant at local business owners these days.

  4. AEB March 29, 2009 at 6:01 pm #

    I think you’re onto something, my2. I don’t know…taking my meds as usual. ..am still employed…the cats haven’t thrown up in days….

    Remember the song, “Blame It on the Bossa Nova”?

    Hmmmm.

  5. Claude Scales March 30, 2009 at 6:57 am #

    I think you’re onto something, AEB. When the Bagelady (a.k.a. the “Bossa Nova”) closed shop, this precipitated a decline in the quality of service and goods provided by local merchants.

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