China Block is officially no longer Chinese... Hooterstown... Potbellytown... Verizontown... but not Chinatown... The Kung Fu Gift Store is closed which is one of the last throwbacks to Chinatown being Chinese

Chinatown's Kung Fu Gift Shop is no more!

say it is not so... please say it is not so

earlier this week my younger son Grant said he wanted to go to Chinatown so that he could buy something at the Kung Fu Gift Shop

he wanted some sort of weapon... not nunchucks or a knife... but something more

so when passing this shop on my bike headed home from work I saw the 20-50% off sale on the window

well... I did not realize that the shoe would drop so fast

EVICTED!

US Marshals and a large crew of movers

evicted... evacuated... cleared out

GONE!
DONE!
the last Chinese soldier standing is no more

Chinatown has very little Chinese left... maybe not enough to call it Chinatown... not even enough to be known as Chinablock

oh no... say it is not so

change

not all change is good

but change is inevitable

bummer...
the Gift Store was associated with a Kung Fu martial arts studio

my guess... that is no more... maybe it will move... maybe it folded

sad to see it go

also bummed... I could have bought some stuff at this fire sale

I had wanted Chinese slippers... I could have stocked the house with slippers on this clearance sale

the loss is great

great for the family that owned this shop

then also... a great loss to the community

the city is losing its character

CAPITALISM KILLS CHARACTER!

CHARACTER CAN NOT COMPETE!

Money talks... the old school shop owners walk

no more Chinese markets...

no more Chinese weapons store...

fewer Chinese restaurants...

MORE ANYWHERE USA THAN WE NEED

ah... not a good way to start this rainy day

wish I had responded to that sale sign sooner

if for no other reason to make my last pass through that store

and to put some money in the store owner's pockets

chase those links below

Chinese

Chinatown and Chinablock on the Gwadzilla Page

SHIT ON THE SIDEWALK!

my understanding... the low dollar shit will stay on the sidewalk

the expensive stuff will be taken away by the marshalls