{"id":3006,"date":"2021-06-15T14:35:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susaneleyfineart.com\/news\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:25:11","slug":"the-cohort-downtown-pop-up-offers-hope-resilience-and-curated-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susaneleyfineart.com\/news\/?p=3006","title":{"rendered":"The Cohort: Downtown Pop-Up Offers Hope, Resilience And Curated Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week on \u201c06880,\u201d Fred Cantor suggested that\u00a0landlords offer short-term leases<\/a>\u00a0to help revitalize important areas like Main Street. He wondered why, for example, such a visible, viable location like the Remarkable Book Shop has remained vacant for so long.<\/p>\n

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Robbyn Footlick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robbyn Footlick thought the same thing.<\/p>\n

A high-powered pro who\u2019d spent her career creating content \u2014 as a newspaper reporter, then supervising storytelling for ESPN shows and executive editor of ESPN The Magazine, most recently at\u00a0a content strategy agency she helped found<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Footlick used the COVID slowdown to explore a different concept: retail.<\/p>\n

Curating and showcasing physical goods, she realized, was not much different from choosing stories to tell \u2014 and selecting the best place to tell them.<\/p>\n

Sitting at GG & Joe, drinking matcha latte, gazing at the river (and inspired by the owners\u2019 courage in opening in the midst of a global health crisis), she honed her concept.<\/p>\n

The goal was to curate commonly themed art and goods \u2014 \u201cnone available on Amazon!\u201d \u2014 in one space. Footlick had a COVID-influenced but all-encompassing name (The Cohort) and a first theme (\u201cFriends and Family Edition,\u201d inspired by what we held dear and what we missed during the pandemic).<\/p>\n

A few months ago, she inquired about short-term leases on vacant downtown storefronts. Having never opened a retail business, she was not ready for long-term.<\/p>\n

Most landlords said no. She was surprised. Who wouldn\u2019t want a paying tenant, of any kind?<\/p>\n

But \u2014 knowing nothing about commercial real estate \u2014 she assumed they had their reasons.<\/p>\n

Eventually, she tried again at her favorite location. She noted her willingness to allow brokers to show the space to potential long-term tenants.<\/p>\n

The landlord was flexible. Which is why this evening, The Cohort<\/a> opens (reception, 5 to 7 p.m.). It\u2019s right next to GG & Joe, at the Parker Harding Plaza entrance. It runs through August 15.<\/p>\n

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A’Driane Nieves, No.6 (2021), Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 40″ x 40″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Footlick\u2019s pop-up is a collection of people brought together by a longtime, close friend: Susan Eley. She owns a\u00a0fine art gallery<\/a>\u00a0in Manhattan and Hudson, New York. Her parents \u2014 Richard and Carole Eisner<\/a> \u2014 have a home in Weston, where Eley and Footlick spent memorable times growing up.<\/p>\n

Many of the \u201cFriends and Family\u201d items were produced in Connecticut, including shibori napkins, dish towels from an indigo farm, and children\u2019s prints and cards.<\/p>\n

Footlick loves being downtown. She draws energy from the crowds \u2014 particularly after a year of lockdowns. \u201cWe all appreciate the interaction that comes with walking into a shop or restaurant, engaging with other human beings,\u201d she notes. \u201cIt\u2019s heartening.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cohort is all about \u201cresilience, flexibility and hope,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

The same qualities that helped all of us make it through COVID \u2014 and gave her the confidence to keep looking for that short-term, let\u2019s-open-a-pop-up- downtown lease.<\/p>\n

(The Cohort<\/a>\u00a0is at 179 Main Street. It\u2019s open Thursday\u00a0<\/em>through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and by appointment at 646-306-3274. For more information, email info@thecohortshop.com.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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