A Commenter on The Circle of Life
From Matt re: Williamsburg Walks:
it’s a no brainer for me: cancel this. frankly, i enjoyed it. snapped a few nice pictures.
but, when it comes down to it, if it’s hurting local businesses then it should stop. these are shitty economic times, and when local businesses suffer big shitty chain stores will move in.
then bedford will suck and i’ll support having williamsburg walks again, because i’ll want the shitty chain stores to go out of business. but then, when local businesses move back in, shut down williamsburg walks again.
Baaaaaaaa-bahinyaaaaa, oh-ma-vee-chi-mawah!
As an owner of a Business on Bedford Ave, I can definitely attest to the fact that this stuff HURTS and not HELPS my business. At first, I was excited about it, having moved into my space just around the time they were beginning them. I soon realized what it meant. To make matters worse, the reps for Williamsburg Walks want us to sponsor this event, and if we don’t, they won’t be putting us on a useless flyer they hand out, which people throw away immediately since they don’t realize the “Williamsburg Walks” is actually an event.
I found the event somewhat interesting at first, but it doesn’t really give any local artists or street vendors any additional chance to do anything different, really. All we get are people sprawled out on the pavement simply because they can. This doesn’t make any sense. It’s hard enough to make a business in these economic times especially when rent on Bedford Ave is at a super-high-premium. It just doesn’t work. Duane Reade can afford a bad weekend, but small stores like mine suffer. I’m totally down to sponsor a block party of sorts where we can all participate, but this event leaves us out.
haha just saw this, love the lion king angle. totally agree with david.