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March 3, 2011
Park Slope Citizens Decry Plans To Open A "Yo MTV Raps 'Bling-Bling' VIP Club," Suggest Making It An "Indie" Club Instead
VillageVoice.com
by Rob Harvilla
Like we said yesterday, this is the kind of kookiness that ensues when a politically connected real estate developer is allowed to override zoning rules and plop an arena in the midst of three residential neighborhoods.
So there's a hot new club/bar/live-music venue called Prime 6 in the works down in the Atlantic Yards nexus at Flatbush and Sixth in Brooklyn, inciting the usual neighborly trepidation, because this club might play rap music. There is now a petition circulating, not to stop Prime 6 from opening, you understand, but just to suggest they find a . . . friendlier style of music. "Indie," for example, which'd make the place "a vibrant artistic hub instead of another Yo MTV Raps 'bling-bling' vip club." And here we go.
More where that came from...
NY Post, Park Slopers fight new hip-hop club
A group of persnickety Park Slopers don't want a hip-hop haven in their hipster hood.
NoLandGrab: "Hipster hood?" The Post's GPS might be broken.
NY Observer, There Are at Least 21 Bars Within a Half-Mile of Prime 6
Since this morning, the amount of signatures has blown up from 15 to 145. Though, in true online petition form, most of the signatures are false, lest The Observer be led to believe Whitey McWhite is a real person.
The L Magazine, Incontrovertible Proof that Park Slope is Racist
Gothamist, Park Slope Petitions New Bar to Play "Indie" Instead of Rap
NLG: Dare we say critics of the planned establishment might do better to focus on the real issues, like how loud the music might be, the hours of operation, and at what time the promised outdoor space would close, rather than the genre of said music?
Posted by eric at March 3, 2011 10:34 AM