Stickers that have recently appeared around vacant storefronts in lower Manhattan urge us to take pleasure in our troubles. These two are blocks apart on Grand St. in Soho.
Posted by: Doug Henwood | March 28, 2009
Signs of the times
Posted in pictures | Tags: subprime lending, the imperative of enjoyment!
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Damn hipsters…
By: hardindr on March 28, 2009
at 9:37 pm
Yeah, I count how many blocks I can go in LA without seeing a “for lease” sign in a window, Not many – and the closed out storefronts haven’t gotten as funny as these photos yet. Unbelievably, I found myself walking past a shuttered Hooters today in Pasadena. I would have thought Hooters was recession proof …
By: ben schwartz on March 29, 2009
at 12:20 am
I can report from suburban Portland, Oregon that our gourmet dog food shops are dying. The one across from my office just closed last month…
http://www.consumertrap.com/?p=932
Whatever shall we do?
By: Michael Dawson on March 29, 2009
at 1:24 pm
A number of shops have closed here on Nantucket, but all the houses sitting empty because of the market are tucked away in charming spots around the island, so even if someone were to put up stickers, would anyone see them through the scrub pine?
By: Ed Beaugard on March 30, 2009
at 6:28 am
Nope…these kind of stickers work best in dense metropolitan areas, especially a few empty shopfronts down from an intersection. What you’ll get on Nantucket are squatters, especially if the house is miles from the main road and not triple padlocked (even if they are fenced, people will live in them.)
By: Strelnikov on April 1, 2009
at 12:45 am
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/enjoybanking/
These guys have been spreading the message everywhere! So clever!
It looks like they have a website coming @ http://www.enjoybanking.com
By: Animal Spirits on April 6, 2009
at 4:59 pm