Comments on: Less Parking, More Healthy Food

By: Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:48:14 +0000

Grocerant food or ready to eat and ready to heat foods are showing up all around the country. This is a great thing. It’s fresh, and ready to go and in most locals there is less packaging! That is even a better thing.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:33:01 +0000

Parking spaces? The only supermarkets in Manhattan that I can think of with parking are the Cherry Street Pathmark and the 12th Avenue Fairway. My local Morton WIlliams has a driveway, for deliveries, and a couple of bike racks for shoppers.

The bigger problem, at least in Manhattan prior to The Great Recession, was that property has become far too valuable to be “wasted” on supermarkets. Why sell food when you could rent to a bank or a drug store?

Maybe Brooklyn developers feel they need parking for all those Manhattanites who will be buying groceries in the outer boroughs? Not that we drive cars much anyway.

By: Eric McClure

Eric McClure — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:58:34 +0000

Case in point: Whole Foods' stalled plan to build a store with a whopping 420 parking spaces in the Gowanus, which, by its own admission, would generate more than half a million new car trips annually. The city has taken no action to try to limit parking and encourage alternatives, and Whole Foods has stonewalled Park Slope Neighbors' proposal for a better plan.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:07:56 +0000

It’s worse in Detroit; I drove all over downtown Detroit for three days and found only one supermarket.

By: Rhywun

Rhywun — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:59:59 +0000

Ugh, is there anywhere in America where food shopping is more miserable than in NYC? I was appalled to see how awful the supermarkets are when I moved here a dozen years ago.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:45:53 +0000

Here in NYC, we've got our own issues with supermarkets, and with politicians who seem to believe that the only way they can support a viable supermarket is by destroying beautiful old buildings for subsidized parking to create a destination supermarket. I hope Tish James reads some of these articles and blog posts.