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13. I remember that working in downtown Annapolis

Reply to Cleita (Reply #12)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 04:23 PM

Jan 2013

The "historical" types irritated the hell out of us. We even brought in a contemporary painting from the 1780s showing that shopkeepers back then used the exact kind of big bright banner we wanted to, and they basically said "we don't care what was actually historic, we care what looks historic to us".

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202-Year-Old Paris Bakery, City's Oldest, Forced to Close [View all] Recursion Jan 2013 OP

This makes me sad. And seems very un-French-like to allow to happen. Schema Thing Jan 2013 #1

Sad, but just another data point in a long-term trend. closeupready Jan 2013 #2

This makes me sad MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #3

Been thinking the same thing from my own job today Posteritatis Jan 2013 #23

Thats a pisser Great Caesars Ghost Jan 2013 #4

"Landlords"...Lords is right... SoapBox Jan 2013 #5

You would think that at least one land lord would more or less hedgehog Jan 2013 #6

Too bad they don't have some kind of historical society that protects Cleita Jan 2013 #7

Oh, they protect the building. The new place still has to *look like* a 19th-century mom and pop Recursion Jan 2013 #8

I wasn't talking about the building. I avoided that word, but used institution instead. Cleita Jan 2013 #12

I remember that working in downtown Annapolis Recursion Jan 2013 #13

A McDonalds or KFC to take its place? alfredo Jan 2013 #9

Georgetown Cupcakes: Champs d'Elysee Annex (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #10

I'm thinking Papa John's or a Hooter's. alfredo Jan 2013 #16

Just thinking about the great bread I had in France is making me hungry aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #11

WOW! Joe Bacon Jan 2013 #18

After 200 years the bakery does not own the location? Fumesucker Jan 2013 #14

Well, that was my first thought ... rtassi Jan 2013 #15

I know. We rented our farm for 3 years with the agreement we'd either buy it at the end riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #22

If the rent's that high I don't want to think of what buying it would cost. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #24

The current owner of that bakery business has owned it since 1969. The rents only doubled this year riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #25

Assuming the owner was willing to sell Posteritatis Jan 2013 #28

Very true! All very valid points. nt riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #29

Wow!!! Napoleon might have stopped in for a croissant... KansDem Jan 2013 #17

Interesting story slackmaster Jan 2013 #19

Very sad, I saw so many great mom & pop businesses go under in NYC. smirkymonkey Jan 2013 #20

Manhattan has kept Walmart out for years now thanks to the current mayor graham4anything Jan 2013 #26

This COULD have been the bakery Ken Burch Jan 2013 #21

Jean Valjean was a fictional character in an old book. But it could have been Belle graham4anything Jan 2013 #27

I know Valjean was a fictional character. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #30

When I spent a year in France attending a French high school in Marseille aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2013 #31