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| Noo Yawk has changed... for now |
| 2001-10-29 |
Barring the early-morning earthquake that sounded like my rotund landlady rolling on her apartment floor above me, this weekend brought the largest shock Iâve felt since 9/11: a good article in the New York Times âSunday Stylesâ section. In âDowntown, the Private Party Has Ended,â Jennifer Steinhauer writes of the struggle for downtown businesses to get back on their feetmore in terms of restoring consumer confidence close to Ground Zero than trumpeting an air of exclusivity, which served as their old selling point. Previously snooty restaurants are less catty about taking reservations. The sales staffs in shops and boutiques, if not exemplary, are at least cognizant that the customers are human beings and not toads interrupting their self-absorbed cellphone calls. Don't worry. They'll bounce back. New Yorkers are a versatile lot. Soon they'll be just as rude and snotty as ever. It's not even November yet. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |