It’s going to be a resurgence of mom-and-pop stores, but a better version. I’m going to go into every residential neighborhood, and I’m going to canvass great-looking retailers who are the butcher, the baker, the great dry cleaner, the great card store. And some very good restaurants. I’m already talking to Danny Meyer about going there with a cafe. And I’m working on several different high-profile national and international designers. One of my retailers makes fragrances named after neighborhoods, like Chelsea and Wall Street and whatever. She wants to be there, so I told her to create a fragrance that’s called “Harlem.” And she did. Read the full article at the original source (UPTOWNflavor)…

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