The Tacky Weed Bodega Is Everywhere (for Now)

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( Wednesday, September 28 the real estate [The Tacky Weed Bodega Is Everywhere (for Now)]( What has the city’s Kush Rush wrought? Photo: Andres Kudacki In May, a business entity called Convenience in Central Park Corporation registered an address in the ground-floor retail space at 200 Central Park South. Signage appeared to indicate the business would be selling tobacco, but the co-op board became convinced that at least one of the conveniences on offer would be weed. According to a lawsuit the board filed in August, such an enterprise, on the leafy stretch between the Plaza and Columbus Circle, would “detract from the dignity” of the address and violate zoning that bars any business “not in character with the district.” If even Billionaires’ Row is fending off gray-market [cannabis retailers](, the city is truly experiencing a wave. In the year since recreational-marijuana possession and use were [decriminalized in New York](, it has started to feel as if the only new blood on any given pandemic-blighted retail block is a Blank Street Coffee or a place to buy weed and niche junk food. Because the city’s new Office of Cannabis Management has yet to distribute the licenses necessary for cannabis sales and neither regulators nor law enforcement is cracking down, these retailers operate in an exuberant but temporary state of semi-lawlessness. As one shop owner told me, “It’s Christmas.” [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The New Worker-Owners of Astor Wines & Spirits Astor’s employees will be even more integrated with a store that was already an anchor of the neighborhood.]( By Nia Prater [Tenants Prevail Over Scaffolding Thanks, in part, to 79 tweets.]( By Clio Chang [‘It Was Imperfect by Definition’ Talking to the lawyer behind New York’s “right to shelter” 40 years later.]( By Bridget Read [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved