, parts of Washington Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, blocks of New York's Fifth Avenue, have all acted as safeguards for the retail economy under one theory: Safer street, more people, more money spent.
Especially if it's winter, Bodnar said, and Market is icy. Especially if those customers come with a walker or wheelchair. "Right now I don't have, like, 'Yes, we want it. No, we wouldn't'," Marengo told Scene in a call."We haven't really made that decision yet." Small, who converted the old Flying Fig into a European-style wine-and-cheese eatery last June, said she spent some $120,000 in renovations to, in part, match Pearl's aesthetic with the street Small thought would be equally European.Karen Small, co-founder of the Pearl Street Wine Market, told Scene she invested roughly $120,000 into her eatery in part because she assumed Market was going carless."We were under the impression this was a no-brainer," she said.