UrbanAffair
Senior Member
241 Richmond and 137 John have sold to Tridel for $59,000,000 (0.431 Acres). Source: RealNet
* note I just did the property measurements, to get to 0.43acres, this assembly must included 133 John, extending it south to Nelson)
For a moment there I was hoping that was the Hooters place...
I wish not for that kind of demise, as that would effect everyone else around there. Rather, some developer offer enough sum of cash for their property that the owners would grab at that, over their arm folding Libertarian right to keep such a skeezy place open. Effectively closing the establishment and the building down for good.Without tourists and sporting events, wonder if they'll be able to hang on.
I wish not for that kind of demise, as that would effect everyone else around there. Rather, some developer offer enough sum of cash for their property that the owners would grab at that, over their arm folding Libertarian right to keep such a skeezy place open. Effectively closing the establishment and the building down for good.
With the danger of running off-topic than it already is, I try to keep my reply as brief as possible...as we are clearly dealing with the complexity of the issues here.I've never patronized the place; and wouldn't mind seeing it go, if only for the sake of removing a one-storey building of no particular value from a redeveloping 'hood.
But is it really skeezy?
Let's be honest, it essentially sells 'sexy service', largely with an eye to attracting straight-male customers.
Personally, I dine out to enjoy the food and the ambiance; and not the view of the wait staff at said establishment.
But it's not like they're the only place in town that does that; they're just a tad more overt and kitsch in their marketing of same, in the establishment name and uniform.
I'm not speaking here of 'adult entertainment' but rather.....a place like Joeys (or a few dozen others) that have been known to hire model types; and whose dress codes generally leaned toward marketing sex(iness).
ie. short hem lines, low necklines, tight-fitting clothes etc.
It's not my thing; ( I happily enjoy the company of women, including many who dress in a way that flatters them; and may cause me to do the same, LOL) ...........but I do find it rather ridiculous in dining establishments.
Be that as it may, I'm not sure Hooters is any worse; which doesn't make it worth patronizing; nor sparing from redevelopment (good riddance, the same way I'd feel about a McDs being expunged).....