xtra going out of business
Earlier this winter I joked to a friend that I was going to do a review of the 99 cent stores in Greenpoint. But then one closed, and then another closed, and I was STILL going to do it. But, time, and energy and all that. And I have been focused on finishing my second novel (hence the dearth of posts here.)
But tonight on the bus, I noticed that XTRA on Manhattan has big GOING OUT OF BUSINESS signs in the window and I got pissed. XTRA was a cut above the usual 99 cent crap on Manhattan Ave. The people who worked there didn’t treat everyone like a potential shoplifter, and you could find nicer things than the other stores had.
That’s a HUGE space. I guarantee that whatever goes in there will be 1) two stores, because it’s too big for one undertaking and 2) some kind of crappy-ass chain that we don’t need.
At least it can’t be another bank, because they’re already all here (Commerce is opening on Bedford this summer). I hope.
