I assume that the powers that be in town shot that down quickly, but is a tattoo parlor in this day and age held with the same regard? Does the designation of the downtown as a historic district allow the town to say who can and cannot run certain type of businesses in the district?
Monday, October 11, 2010
Yellow Rose Tattoo Parlor
As I completed my weekly rounds of downtown Merchantville, I came across a yellow sign in the door window of the shop that was formerly known as Irene's Closet on Park Ave. The sign stated Coming Soon the Yellow Rose Tattoo Parlor. This is the same building that a few months back attempted to open up "Diamond Angels Pole Dance Fitness".
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Diamond Angels Pole Dance Fitness and Yellow Rose Tattoo Parlor?
"We got trouble, right here in River City! With a capital "T"...
Gotta figger out a way
To keep the young ones moral after school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble..."
A tattoo parlor would be awesome! They will get my business.
Tattoo parlors have become mainstream, and are a great day and night draw to the area. The people who get tattoos span all aspects of the economic and social spectrum.
The modern tattoo parlor does not tattoo underage patrons, they don't need to.
When its time for your Daughter or son to get their ears pierced, or anywhere else you can't get any better than from a professional in a tattoo shop.
They aren't minimum wage employees, they are licensed to practice their art and maintain the strictest standard or sanitation. I doubt the booths at the mall can say the same thing.
What a exciting addition to our downtown, I had to walk down to see it for myself.
i can't wait what a great addition to our town!
Yay!! Pole dancing and now a tatoo parlor. The pole dancing lasted three weeks. I give the tatoo parlor 3 months tops.
I think a Tattoo parlor will be a welcome addition, does anyone have any information on when they will be ready to open?
The Anonymouses are funny...
What are the requirements for Victorian tattoo parlor signage?
Add a medicinal pot shop and maybe a brothel or two and Cherry Hill will be clammering to consolidate.
My sicty year old girlfriend asked if I would mind if she got a tatoo. I wanted to say "NO" but I couldn't. So I suggested a location. She smiled, telling me she wanted everyone to see it.
Is that why today's girls dress half naked?
Is this for real? It reads like a revenge sign for stopping the pole dancing place.
I suppose this is the economic development ktbfw credits Mayor North with.
this is the economic development ktbfw credits ...
Whoa, you are confused.
It is Cruiser who credits our officials for anything named "development". I am the character who throws albatross feathers with the left hand, wishing for a bucket of bituminous in the right. Don't blame me for empty banks, vacant buildings and PILOTS on every corner.
If it is a tawdry tattoo parlor, then it is the outcome of not enough of the redevelopment that recent local governments have fostered.
It would be interesting to hear both policitical parties sound off on whether they consider this property to be a problem and if they are elected what they would do to solve the problem.
My belief is it should be on the redevelopment list right after Wellwood Manor and if they can handle two of these projects at once, do both at the same time.
You talkin' about the 3-story apartment building on Park, Cruiser?
It happens to be the only building that conforms to the master plan, having retail shops on ground floor and residential units above up to the height limit of our ordinance.
Don't you remember? Your argument has been that we need to develop upward. All the other buildings on that street are single floor and ripe for redevelopment according to the master plan and you of the recent past.
Besides, you wanted a massage parlor in the back of the PNC bank building. You weren't concerned about "tawdry" with young girls rubbing your back. Why should you get prickly with a few colorful needles jabbing your buttocks?
How about if the Boro buys the property and leases it with a liquor license. Should make for some interesting art work. You'll have to show us.
Instead of guessing, why not stop in and visit. I met a nice gentleman who owns the new shop and he is doing extensive renovations to make it upscale.
Come into the new millennium people. Tattoos aren't the thing of bikers and convicts. Its housewives and business men, even bikers aren't what they used to be.
bfw - just because it complies with some plan does not make it a desirable property as it no exists and is operated. It should be scrutinized for redevelopment opportunities.
[just because it complies with some plan does not make it a desirable property ]
How could you, Cruiser! You wax with comments on our need to maximize redevelopment for ratables ... but hidden is the motive to obliterate what you do not happen to like and replace it with something else that you do.
That is why most of the country is upset with the Court ruling that abandoned the 200-year restriction on property seizure. It is just too much to ask of people, apparently including you, to permit others to go about the businesses of their choosing within the law.
Now you want to rip down another multi-unit income property because you think it is "not desirable".
We have a similar problem in education. Teachers and principals always seem to want to eliminate the bottom ten percent that is "not desirable". That is an ugly reason for kids getting dumped into special education and teachers getting bumped into support services.
I used to tell them that eliminating the bottom 10% creates another bottom 10%.
When would you stop cleansing, Cruiser? I thought it was with Wellwood Manor. Apparently not.
Bottom ten percent - better get your history straight.
The statement, "the Court ruling abandoned the 200-year restriction on property seizure" is not correct.
What the supreme court did in a 2005 ruling was uphold a 200 year old non-restriction in the original constitution. Insofar as the constitution is concerned, government has always had the power to take property. The only thing the constitution adds is that there can be no taking of property without just compensation to the owner.
I thought the case behind that decision was terrible but the plaintiffs had no relief in the law. The supreme court got the law right. It was a simple and clear cut matter for them. Since then, many states have changed laws to prevent the type of situation in that case but the states have not given up their right to acquire property. They have that right and have always had that right. The founding fathers wanted them to have that right.
In your description of the "multi-unit income property" you fail to note that it is mismanaged and being run down until the last dollar is sqeezed out of it regardless of the effect on the surrounding area. Such properties are, under the law, the legitimate subject of redevelopment designation and action. The same property, historically restored and modernized, or even substantially internally improved, would not be in the crosshairs of redevelopment. Compliance with the law is not merely compliance with building codes.
As to the "bottom 10%," I have no problem with Merchantville having a true bottom 10% and those like you in the upper 90% should be supportive of them. I think the economic mix of Merchantville is a good thing. The problem is that if there are not actions which cause the upper 90% to hang around, they will drift away because they have the economic power to drift away and the place will increasingly be dominated by "bottom 10%" types. In the long run this will not be good for anyone, especially the bottom 10% types. Attention to properties which are the legitimate objects of redevelopment laws is a good way to keep everything in balance. Merchantville is well advised to have a reputation as a place where you can not invest in a property and run it into the ground without quickly raising the ire of the local government.
I agree completely with you regarding the effect of the bottom 10% theories in education. When I was on the school board I was amazed at the expressed dislike of in-school special education by the parents of several children assigned to it.
In any event, to get back on subject, if a tattoo parlor is coming, I again express what I said before, I hope that it is not of the tawdry variety. Tattoos can be somewhat upscale or at least midscale these days. There are certainly a lot of them visible at upscale beaches and in glamarous weddings with bare shoulder dresses. It could add to the emerging aura of the town as a yuppie paradise. Time will tell.
I trust local government officials to monitor it and, within the law, react to it as they deem appropriate.
Cruiser -
Thanks for a clear statement of my concern about a tipping point where those with the means (90%'ers) will increasingly flee while they still can; to the detriment of the 10%ers and of a healthy, diverse and stable Merchantville.
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Now Open! Thanks for the support.
-Love YELLOW ROSE
Stop in talk to the owner, hes a smart hard working guy doing great work.
I am a regular customer of this tattoo shop, The artist has done wonderful work on me and this has not changed my status in the community. It's sad to see that people this day and age still judge you. All I can say to that is WOW. If you do get a chance walk in there the artist is super friendly and his work speaks for itself.I support the Yellow Rose Tattoo Parlor
There's nothing wrong with having a tattoo parlor in Merchantville,
It's sounds like some people need to come to terms with the times!!
I had some art done there, he does a great job I'm very happy with the final product.
Part of the problem with half the business here in town is that people here don't support local businesses,
everyone wants the town to do better but when it comes down to support, you can't rely on the residents!!
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