Whole Foods, of course, simultaneously symbolizes healthy living and urban development. That paradox has never more visible than today, with the government’s approval of the controversial new Gowanus location — a location rich with benzene. (The yummy PCBs and cadmium were removed along with tons of dirt.) The 86,000-square-foot store, much of which will be below ground, will have to be shielded from the seeping benzene vapors by a “protective barrier” around the foundation. We’re not saying that building the new store there is equivalent to developing on an Indian burial ground. In fact, it so totally isn’t. But if the you’re-okay-I’m-okay social contract Whole Foods has with its yuppie customers isn’t sacred, what is? Next thing you know, they’ll start overcharging us for groceries.
Market in Gowanus OK, says agency [NYDN]
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全食超市的汤吧真的在走下坡路。照片:Corbis
当然，全食超市同时象征着健康生活和城市发展。如今，随着政府批准了备受争议的Gowanus新地点——一个富含苯的地方，这种矛盾变得前所未有地明显。(美味的多氯联苯和镉连同成吨的灰尘一起被清除了。)这家占地86000平方英尺的商店，大部分将位于地下，必须在地基周围设置“保护屏障”，以防止苯蒸汽的渗透。我们并不是说在那里开新店就相当于在印第安人的墓地上开发。事实上，它完全不是。但如果全食超市和雅皮士顾客之间的“你没事我没事”的社会契约都不神圣，那什么才是神圣的呢?接下来，他们就会开始向我们要价过高杂货。
Gowanus的市场好吧机构说［NYDN］
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