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Sommerman wrote:
Let's cut to the chase - has this meeting increased the likelihood of a kosher deli opening in DTJC? No seeds, lots of mustard, please trim the fat, can we have more pickles.

trim the fat?
oy vey...

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Voyeur wrote:
If nothing else, perhaps gentrification will bring the ethnic composition of JCPD a little more in sync with the residential make-up of the city. Discuss.

It took a minute, but I got the humor in your post

Of course, the more JC gentrifies, the fewer police will actually be able to live here. Which goes to bill's point will it be wrong to enforce residency requirements, when the cops will only be able to afford to live in GV?

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fikonj wrote:
Most health food stores that carry face- and body care products will have some Weleda products, try the health food store on Newark by Barrow, or Basic in Hoboken. If they don't have it, most likely Whole Foods or places like Lifethyme (6th Ave & 9th St) in the city could have it.

A better bet would be the Bigelow next to Lifethyme. They have a pretty comprehensive Weleda selection, and you can even order it online, if you can wait.

hero69 wrote:
you can get some free range rabbits at liberty state park

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Sommerman wrote:
not food item, but maybe someone knows where:

Weleda Toiletries

Target actually carries a selection of Weleda beauty products.

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A common assumption is that gentrification begins when artists OR gays move into a neighborhood. I have never seen anything about gay artists being the initiators of gentrification.

I disagree, My gay buddies are being priced out of Chelsea and moving uptown to Hell's Kitchen and the gentrification is now in full effect up there, When I lived in Hell's Kitchen early 90's no one wanted to go up there... When I lived DTJC there were more gays and less mommies with strollers. Chelsea is becoming Wall street guys and mommies with enormous strollers and less gays. Gays and artist take more risk with real estate, heterosexuals usually don't.

JCAI wrote:
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I don't believe that the art scene (or the gay scene, another facile explanation)

Private schooling is no longer the bastion of the elite, where one met "your kind"

You sure do have a lot of stereotypes about artists. An art scene doesn't need to be 'gay' you know.

Yeah, you're not going to meet 'my kind' in an educational setting. That's for sure. Trust me, the lack of respect is mutual.

JCAI wrote:
There is one side effect of gentrification that people may not realize.

What causes gentrification in urban areas is an area becoming 'artsy', i. e. having qualities being high brow.

That's why there is a direct correlation between art and real estate.

But then as the real estate goes up, it evuentually gets to the point that the only artists who are left in the area are wealthy artists. And artists who tend to be wealthy usually don't have an incentive to make bold art. They follow the institutionalized practical joke, one-trick irony formulas. Because that's what their 50k-200k MFA told them to do...

The art scene then turns into a joke, laziness in the arts ensues, decadence, and then the area slowly loses power.

It happened in NYC. NYC used to be the all-saying-all-knowing tyrant when it comes to the arts. Now, NYC is just one of many cities of the pie.

Decadence is not only exclusive to artists who are wealthy. Poor areas have their decadence too. Graffiti and 'street art'. High or low spectrums in the art world have the decadence-middle-low brow philosophy in common. This is what happens when people try to control artists. Either through a group mentality or institutionalized marketable formulas.

But reading something like that in a news article would be a miracle in itself.

Want to maintain or build an authentic art scene? The only way is to offer many subsidized, very cheap art studios in the area.

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jcdd wrote:
I wish there was an alternative option to Torico's in town. They are way overpriced and super stingy on their cones. Ever have one of their milkshakes? Its pretty much 90% milk and 10% ice cream. Runniest shake I've ever had.

for many years i scooped ice cream and made cakes at magic fountain on the boulevard (which originally was a carvel.) an ice cream shop opened on india square (kwality ice cream i believe) and knocked us right out of business. everything we did was homemade so going to torico's reminds me of those days, just a bit pricier.

there's still amourville on central ave in the heights, but they seem to be more cake oriented than cones/shakes.

croft wrote:
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jcdd wrote:
I wish there was an alternative option to Torico's in town. They are way overpriced and super stingy on their cones. Ever have one of their milkshakes? Its pretty much 90% milk and 10% ice cream. Runniest shake I've ever had.

for many years i scooped ice cream and made cakes at magic fountain on the boulevard (which originally was a carvel.) an ice cream shop opened on india square (kwality ice cream i believe) and knocked us right out of business. everything we did was homemade so going to torico's reminds me of those days, just a bit pricier.

there's still amourville on central ave in the heights, but they seem to be more cake oriented than cones/shakes.

HPYC wrote:
Excellent!! Can they take it any farther? Box Spring Mattress? Twin Box Spring? Box Spring Roll?

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Sommerman wrote:
Mightn't this put the kibosh on a casino?

The casino was proposed to be in GV which is no where near a PATH train, so most people would most likely drive there, if this should even happen.