photo courtesy of We Are Gowanus
All proceeds from the sale will be used by the group to fight "against the implementation of a nightclub in a residential area."
We Are Gowanus was formed in early May by residents whose property abuts an old 6,570 SF warehouse building at 280 Bond Street that impresario Peter Shapiro wants to transform into the Rock And Roll Playhouse (RRPH).
According to RRPH's web site, the venue will feature "family friendly programming during the day, as well as programming for adults, such as educational talks, jazz and theatrical performances in the evenings."
We Are Gowanus asserts that Shapiro spoke of the evening programing more in terms of a late night music venue featuring jazz and possibly other music seven days a week for those 21 and older. It would also feature a full bar with a last call around 1:30 AM, 2 AM on week-ends.
Members of WAG believe that RRPH's children's programing is "a supterfuge meant to dull community opposition so that his liquor license and building modifications sail through city bureaucracy."
Swing by the stoop sale this Saturday and support your DeGraw and Sackett Street neighbors.
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10 comments:
Good thing we solved all the other problems in the neighborhood...
Looking forward to the stoop sale and supporting our neighbors!
This blog should just change its name to notinmybackyard.com
Furthermore...why would people spend their efforts raising MONEY to combat a family friendly establishment, thereby serving their small personal interests, when there are so many legitimate and important causes that could benefit from fundraising within the community and beyond? Seems typically bourgeois and self serving. I hate that this is what Brooklyn has become.
Seems like this "campaign" is already pretty well funded.
The comment that this is a family friendly establishment is the ruse that the owner is trying to put forth. If it were family friendly, why wold he not soundproof the establishment?
This is an inapproptiate venue for this location. The people living in the area do not want it for good reason. The owner misrepresented this place, trying to put a family-friendly spin on it as a Trojan Horse to get in. NIMBY is a respectable response.
If it was family friendly, why would he? If there are no plans for loud music there is no need for drastic soundproofing measures. I do not understand the distrust around this project, esp since the DOB plans filed state the same occupancy that he is claiming. Seems if he goes drastically above that, which WAG claims he is planning on doing, it will be pretty easy to get him shut down. What am I missing?
It's become quite evident that the only ruse that's occurring is that residents who live directly around the playhouse are fearing their property values and are spending money accordingly trying to protect the wallets.
12:10 - so you are not considering the quality of life? Just property values? hmmm...are you connected to this rock and roll venue in any way to make such a dismissive statement? And there is nothing whatsoever wrong with being concerned about BOTH your quality of life AND your property values.
Question to my friends and neighbors in the community:
Do you want a 180 person family centered music education venue with Blue Ribbon food and jazz in the evenings?
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