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I’d like a nice mix, but I think the rent is just too high for a Mom/Pop to exist.
Posted by biker
on December 26th, 2007 at 11:26 am
You’re without me, leather
Posted by Steve on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
As reported on the forums–but noticed and subsequently ignored by me on Christmas Eve as I fought through the Austin Street crowds–one of the leather-goods stores that used to dominate Austin is closing. It’s just one in a long string of recent closings that’s plagued the area.
Nobody around here seems to like the leather places, and I can’t say I patronize them myself. But I did always think it was cool that Austin had something it was known for. When my father-in-law came to visit, he spent a good hour looking into all the shops, cooing over the selection and eventually coming away with a nice jacket. They’re an attraction. You want leather, you come to Forest Hills.
But like a lot of things, our status of Leather Capital of Queens seems to be changing, the purveyors pushed out while more mall-type stuff moves in. You may think that’s good, but I dunno, I’d kind of like a few of these guys to stick around.
