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Shoppers descended onto the Time Warner Center shops like vultures to a rotting carcass or fashionistas to a sample sale. Forgoing Gothamist's idea of slapping a glass roof over SoHo and calling it a mall (Banana Republic, Pottery Barn, Coach), developers at the Time Warner Center decided that walking around in circles indoors around well-known stores was better than walking on the city streets and discovering new shops. One city dwelling shopper told the Post, "I'm having a blast. It's New York's mall, and it's more upscale than Woodbury Commons or Roosevelt Field."
An Upper West Sider told Newsday, "I wanted to see Whole Foods because I've never seen a real supermarket in New York City." For the love of God: On the upper West Side there's an Associated, that Food Emporium under the Ansonia, and Fairway. There's the Morton Williams on LaGuardia. But you don't need real supermarkets in New York City: We don't need the gas station in front, the ATM, photo developers, or the ugly strip mall trappings. You're not driving, the ATM is at every block, and so are photo developers. And if you want a real supermarket in New York City, there's Pathmark and Key Food and others in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.
Manhattan User's Guide went to the Shops at Columbus Circle: To paraphrase, "Give us the slush" over the indoor shopping.
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MUG's right. The massive entrance atrium (which got so much play in the Times preview article) is like a giant white hole. It disappears shoppers so quickly, the place will ALWAYS look like a ghost town from the street.
I'm simultaneously stoked and creeped out by Whole Foods. After much exposure to them in DC, I find them kind of cult-like in their enthusiasm. And not always the best (hello, Fairway and Freshdirect). Besides, who goes grocery shopping AND to the mall?
FYI, there is a large Pathmark in manhattan, it is next to the FDR at the Manhattan bridge. It even has a parking lot.
In my experience, Whole Foods has the most disgusting (hippy stains, girl beards, patchouli stank and socks n' sandals), slow and annoying workers -- made even more infuriating by their outrageous prices. I'll get my free-range organic tofurkey elsewhere! Or not. Western Beef still does it for me.
1. An upper west sider who's never seen a supermarket is one who's never been to Fairway
2. No one in the upper west side has not been to Fairway
Ergo, said "upper west sider" in the article is from Staten Island...
Not to mention there's already a Whole Foods in manhattan (near FIT), pretty much the same as this one. And yeah, the Pathmark on 125th is gargantuan.
I'd much rather have an uptown branch of the Park Slope Food Co-Op.
Hi,
Is there still a special night of Holiday jazz and other music in the Columbus Circle stores? And a Christmas tree lighting there? We remember one on a Monday night a few years ago. But we don't know if it's done annually. We're in San Francisco. We want to book a trip for some special festivities during the holidays. Can you tell us dates?
Thanks,
PJ Husack
Cell 650-619-6521