For a long time my father had his office at 401 Broadway, and I was in the area a lot. Believe me, Canal Street was bustling. Any moron knows that.
But not, apparently, the upscale forces of hyper-gentrification.
It’s galling to see the New York Times print without comment a jewelry store owner’s claim that “I think we’re just beginning to see the neighborhood come alive.”
Jeremiah Moss decries the racist, elitist absurdity of such a claim.
And jewelry store owner, I have to say, au contraire: as Moss describes, hyper-gentrification is turning Manhattan into a moribund waxworks.
“This place has been alive for a long time,” Moss insists correctly. “And now it is being killed by the same force that is killing so much of the city.”