They're back.
The people who tried to open a strip club in Sunnyside Gardens now say they want to open a "family restaurant" that stays open until 3am. Tonight, the owners of the notorious Punto G, now known as Calibar, also presented Department of Buildings approved architectural plans that include two DJ booths, though they promise there wont be any dancing.
Trying to put lipstick on a pig
At a community board committee hearing Wednesday night, Emilio Rubio and his accountant Jack Chang presented plans for the corner of 48th street and Barnett Ave. Rubio's wife, Lida Barona sat silently as they tried to sell the idea of a "family restaurant" to a disbelieving board and a standing room only crowd, unified in opposition.
These people are trying to put lipstick on a pig. They obviously want to open a sleazy dance bar and don't think we can stop them. The arrogant and blatant disregard for our community was clear in their presentation. We already have two round the clock businesses across the street from this place. There are plenty of nice places to buy alcohol in the area, we don't need another. They don't know or care that there is nowhere to park in this neighborhood. I hope they spend every last cent they have on shady lawyers, accountants, and architects. We will stop them. The battle lines are drawn.
The Doorman seems to be noticeably absent from the proceedings...Couldn't you at least have sent an office lackey to read a statement, Eric? I thought this was your "backyard".
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Of course the Doorman is absent - like he was at the Landmark hearings and the Dutch Kills disaster.
As we have said many times, quality of life is a no win situation.
For example, it draws him into disputes between the Tweeded (the machine's future) and long term residents (who are being pushed out and whose community is being hollowed out)
Notice how the local press is almost always gentle with the Tweeded.
In Queens, the entertainment venues, like the shopping districts, like the drivers on the road, like the buildings going up, are increasingly low class and brutal.
Thank you clubhouse. You have managed to take a boro that was paradise and make it machine heaven.
"In Queens, the entertainment venues, like the shopping districts, like the drivers on the road, like the buildings going up, are increasingly low class and brutal."
I wonder what Queens is going to look like 20 years from now. If it keeps going this way, it's going to be a slum. Sometimes I just want to leave and move to Nassau County.
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