Harry Potter store to open
Catching on very late to a trend, someone’s opening a Harry Potter store on Park Avenue. I predict imminent picketing by trans activists.
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Ian 11:45 on 2023-11-30 Permalink
He should have used a spell of divination … no business has stayed open more than a couple of years in that particular location for over a decade.
The storefront will get stickered up with trans flags pretty fast though, yeah.
EmilyG 11:50 on 2023-11-30 Permalink
Considering that the author has said that people spending money on Harry Potter items support her transphobic views, I wish there would be less Harry Potter-themed items around. I wish this store weren’t opening. But what can I do.
Kate 11:53 on 2023-11-30 Permalink
Ian, I’m glad you’ve noticed that tendency too. Once a couple of businesses fail in a location, it creates a vibe that’s hard for any new business to overcome. It’s subtle, but everyone in the area subconsciously perceives it to be a bad spot. There may be nothing objectively wrong with the place – on paper it might look quite promising – but it has a lingering hex on it that can be hard to dispel.
Somebody has to remodel the frontage or do some other radical thing to shake it off. I don’t think Harry Potter has the mojo for it.
Ian 21:04 on 2023-11-30 Permalink
If only the Queen TERF had heard of feng shui all of this unpleasantness could have been avoided 😉
Kate 21:47 on 2023-11-30 Permalink
There is something feng-shui-ish about it, although without the mysticism. The simplest form of FS is about how we feel at ease in some physical layouts, ill at ease in others.
For example, some years ago, friends of friends opened a restaurant on St‑Denis, somewhere around Marie‑Anne. I went along with them for a look and a nosh. The space had previously been a gallery that had gone out of business, leaving a front door decorated with ironmongery and set at an angle perpendicular to the sidewalk. And it was heavy to pull open.
I could feel this was not going to work, and I was right. They didn’t stay open long.