I was scrolling through Reddit when I came across this post and I immediately related it to our class. This post is a petition to prevent a cafe from being built in WNYC Transmitter Park, which is the same location where Smorgasburg pops up once a week. Smorgasburg is obviously a very creative class targeted market, selling burgers with buns made out of ramen noodles, overpriced mangoes in the shape of flowers, and whole coconuts to drink out of. A cafe in this location is perfectly suited for this population, as well as the population of the rest of the neighborhood around it (that being Williamsburg). It is so interesting to me that the community is in fact, AGAINST building this kind of establishment. The end of the petition reads, “A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AT THE HEART OF THIS PARK WOULD RUIN THE TRANQUILITY OF THIS SMALL, SPECIAL SPACE.” Just like that, bolded and in all caps. This petition shows that although developers might think it’s a great idea to further provide for the targeted population, sometimes enough is enough. Hipsters like to have a place of peace and quiet too, just like the rest of us.
https://www.change.org/p/friends-of-wnyc-transmitter-park-prevent-a-bar-cafe-from-being-created-inside-transmitter-park?recruiter=9094127&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
