The Lower East Side has a Pathmark. That Pathmark might be closing down to make room for some condos. Now normally, Pathmark would be one of the first things people would try to keep out of their neighborhood. In New York City, it’s just not cool to shop at a supermarket. You’re supposed to spend $22.99 for a box of cereal at Julio’s Corner Bodega if you want real street cred.
Anyway, Gothamist, with barely any sense of irony to them, points out that the sale would change the neighborhood for all the “old-timers”:
Now, while a Pathmark Supermarket isn’t exactly a charming home-grown New York institution, it is relied on by many on the LES, particularly the old-timers, because it’s the only (non-Asian) affordable supermarket in the area. Located on Cherry Street, the Pathmark seems to be standing in the way of some dope new luxury condos!
The only dope here is the one writing the article.
Why not implore the “old-tmers” to shop locally? After all, that’s what the protestors told people when the Pathmark on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx was being built. We heard about how it would decimate local businesses, kill the neighborhood, bring in traffic, and kill kittens.
Okay, so it didn’t bring in traffic, but still, why is it okay to decimate Asian businesses? Oh right… For the same reason it’s okay to shut down Korean businesses in Harlem. Those slanty-eyed people just don’t belong here. We only care about brown-skinned people and their local businesses.
Seeing Gothamist come out swinging against the potential (not finalized) closing of a Pathmark really was the ironic highlight of my week.