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Handmade soda’s growing popularity
Posted on 13. Dec, 2010 by Thomas Chan.
Custom soda getting popular from Thomas Chan on Vimeo. Soda – ubiquitous and ubiquitously prepackaged. Now, a growing number of restaurants and consumers are beginning to make their own.
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Food Manufacturing Bucking the Decline
Posted on 04. Nov, 2010 by Thomas Chan.
Gillies Coffee Company’s 50 year story from Thomas Chan on Vimeo. Fifty years ago, Donald Schoenholt’s father did not want him getting into the family business. As Schoenholt recalls it, his father only saw market trends leading to a bleak future for New York’s oldest coffee roaster. The rest of the industry was busy consolidating […]
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“Stranded” Williamsburg Locals Produce Winners & Losers
Posted on 15. Oct, 2010 by Thomas Chan.
With access from Manhattan severely limited last weekend, some of the restaurants and shops on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg suffered because of the loss of foot traffic.
But the shutdown also drew out plenty of “stranded” locals.
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Landmarking: Certainty for Higher Costs
Posted on 02. Oct, 2010 by Thomas Chan.
Expanding the Park Slope Historic District would provide greater certainty about market conditions while imposing greater costs.
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Worthwhile Wait for Tenant and Landlord
Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 by Thomas Chan.
The new small business moving into the shuttered storefronts on Putnam and Grand Avenues took years to arrive. But the wait was worth for both the landlords and the tenant – each with a unique circumstance.