They could as a right open on 73rd and Broadway but would never get a variance on 82nd. They are many people who strongly suggested that they want a neighborhood Target. I am offering a possible location.
It's like playing the computer game SIM CITY. Creating virtual cities. It is fun to play. (Though in my version of SIM CITY I do think that Sterling Bank site is only a fraction the size of the 82nd St square footage. Plus I imagine anti-Target sentiments run all the way to 73rd St.)
But again, I am pretty sure the Target folks aren't reading this blog.
I am completely neutral about a Target opening. Fine if it does. Fine if it doesn't.
But I don't believe that a Target would decimate small businesses. Target doesn't sell Latino/Asian/South Asian products/specialities.
And actually if it's one of those Targets with a supermarket food section...that's a plus...as the supermarket section of Target usually has good prices for basic groceries.