{"id":1493,"date":"2010-01-07T15:07:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:06:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:06:59","slug":"hartmans-slowly-dissolves-its-brand-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/01\/07\/hartmans-slowly-dissolves-its-brand-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartman\u2019s slowly dissolves its brand &amp; community"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/knitnut.net\/wp-content\/happy_1.jpg\" alt=\"Hartmans piano lounge in happier times\" width=\"600\" height=\"585\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hartman&#39;s piano lounge in happier times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m not a person who is averse to change<\/strong>. I can appreciate the need for progress.<\/p>\n<p>I provide this caveat only to say: <strong>I\u2019m not usually this guy<\/strong>. You know, the guy who grumbles and bitches every time something minor in his community changes.<\/p>\n<p>But dammit, the local grocery store just stepped in it again.<\/p>\n<p>Hartman\u2019s grocery store removed a communal seating area and their ancient rickety mom-and-pop stand up piano. Here is Spacing Ottawa\u2019s Evan Thornton on the scene <a href=\"http:\/\/audioboo.fm\/boos\/89318-hartmans-piano-gone\">via Audio Boo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>OK,OK I can hear my friends now:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cReally, Ian&#8230;what\u2019s the big deal? It\u2019s a piano. They <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">own<\/span> the store. Let them be.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh, I wish I could. But this piano thing is really bugging me. Why? Because, despite being Centretown\u2019s only grocer &#8211; Hartman\u2019s lacks a sensitivity to the community that supports it. From their insensitive comments about the Village to the \u201ccommunity kitchen\u201d that is barely in use &#8211;  it\u2019s not a store singing in tune with the neighbours.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>More specifically here are my main reasons for being disappointed in the Hartman\u2019s management decision to scrap the piano and seats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Getting access to a piano is tough<\/strong>; this specific instrument &#8211; while never in tune &#8211; was frequently used by at least four players. I always admired the Hartman\u2019s folks sticking with the piano through all the renovations. It was a highlight.<\/li>\n<li>That old rickety old mom-and-pop piano was part of the Hartman\u2019s brand; while I\u2019m sure no one one said \u201cI go to Hartman\u2019s for the piano.\u201d it sure did brighten my day when music was being played.<\/li>\n<li>The seating area was one of the very few places all kinds of people sat and conversed: white collar and blue, with home or without. Working or not in the area; folks talked around those little tables. The price of entry was low &#8211; a small item or drink &#8211; but the value to the community was immeasurable.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitnut.net\/2007\/08\/the-happiest-woman-at-the-grocery-store\/\">Knitnut<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: for a story about just how much the music at Hartman&#8217;s meant to some area seniors see the <\/em><em>excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitnut.net\/2007\/08\/the-happiest-woman-at-the-grocery-store\">Knitnut blog post<\/a> <em>linked to from the photo credit. <\/em> The Facebook group created to bring the piano back <a href=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/TJWo\">is here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[caption id=\"\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"800\" caption=\"Hartman&#39;s Piano Lounge in happier times\"]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/knitnut.net\/wp-content\/happy_1.jpg\" alt=\"Hartmans Piano Lounge in happier times\" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" \/>[\/caption]\n","protected":false},"author":7058,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5297],"tags":[444,345,915,882,1106,394],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civic-engagement","tag-centretown","tag-civics","tag-evan-thornton","tag-facebook","tag-knitnut-editor","tag-ottawa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hartman\u2019s slowly dissolves its brand &amp; 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