{"id":243799,"date":"2010-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/north-park-welcomes-home-to-the-neighborhood\/"},"modified":"2010-08-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T07:00:00","slug":"north-park-welcomes-home-to-the-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/north-park-welcomes-home-to-the-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"North Park welcomes Home to the neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Jessica Hudgins
\nReportero SDUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"North<\/a>
Customers are offered an eclectic choice of merchandise at the new Home store, which took the place of Kate Ross\u2019s boutique on University Avenue in North Park, including vintage concert T-shirts. (Courtesy Home) <\/figcaption><\/figure>Home, a buy-and-sell clothing store, now calls North Park home. It opened its doors July 16 at 3013 University Ave, the location formally occupied by Kate Ross. <\/p>\n

But don\u2019t be fooled by the name above the door\u2014this isn\u2019t a home d\u00e9cor shop. It\u2019s a vintage clothing boutique with a back-story straight from the heart\u2014Home truly is where the heart is in this case.<\/p>\n

The story behind Home starts with co-owner Adrian Ross\u2019 uncle, Richard Ross. <\/p>\n

In 1970, Richard Ross opened the original Home at 92nd Street and Second Avenue in uptown New York City\u2014and it wasn\u2019t a clothing store. Instead, this Home was a restaurant and bar where the average person could eat and drink with some of the biggest names in the entertainment business. It was also at Home where those big names would come to escape\u2014to blend in like everybody else. <\/p>\n

Ross\u2019 older brother Jack also contributed to the initial success of the original Home. Jack had his own limousine company and often drove the superstars of the day to and from their musical acts, so he would suggest they stop by Home to wind down. Ritchie Havens, Alice Cooper, David Bowie and the bands Blood, Sweat and Tears and Ten Years After were among those who grabbed a bite at Home. But legendary John Lennon was a true regular and really put Home on the map. <\/p>\n

Lennon and Richard Ross became close friends. Lennon was even photographed wearing the Home T-shirt numerous times, including in the picture on the inside cover of his 1972 album, \u201cSometime in New York City.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ross decided to sell Home in 1978 as his battle with Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma rendered him too ill to work. He passed away in 1984. <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until 2002 that Adrian Ross and his brothers David and Nick decided to reopen Home as a vintage clothing store in Encinitas. And despite getting advice not to open a clothing store with a name that suggests an inventory of home d\u00e9cor, the three nephews insisted on paying homage to their uncle by opening what Adrian calls \u201cthe clothing version of the original Home.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to get a piece of history out. Home was an incredible place where a lot of iconic people hung out. It was my uncle\u2019s life\u2014he loved the place,\u201d Adrian said with a broken voice as he remembered his uncle. \u201cIt\u2019s just a place for people to enjoy, and that spreads the joy to us.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Ross brothers had been trying to expand Home from Encinitas for years, and North Park was always their target location. <\/p>\n

\u201cNo place in San Diego captures the right vibe we were looking for the way North Park does. I\u2019ve been watching it for years. It\u2019s where we really wanted to have the store,\u201d Adrian said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to put the store somewhere just because it was an obvious place and had a lot of foot traffic.\u201d <\/p>\n

Adrian was originally looking into the space occupied by Off The Record at 2912 University Ave., but before he could pursue it further, one of his suppliers at Home in Escondido told him Kate Ross (no relation) was closing shop. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe landlord told us the space would be available at the end of the month, so it was just obvious for us to be there. It was heaven sent,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

At Home, music-lovers and history buffs can find gently owned trendy fashions at bargain prices alongside items that haven\u2019t been on the shelves for years and years. Adrian said he only buys styles if he thinks people can relate to them. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe bulk of our stuff consists of timeless pieces. Something you can hold onto for years. Its not just all flare,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Because Adrian is so selective about the clothing he decides to put on the racks, Home offers more money for these chosen pieces. Sellers get 40 percent of what Home sells it for, giving the shop an edge on its competitors.<\/p>\n

One of the reasons Ross believes Home is distinctive is because it\u2019s very musically driven. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe try to capture the downtown New York vibe,\u201d he said. \u201cOur playlists include everything from the Everly Brothers to Motley Crue to Michael Jackson to, of course, the Beatles. The Beatles are a great musical legend, and my uncle was so close to John Lennon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ross brothers have faith that opening an additional store at this location will make North Park more of a destination spot in San Diego. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hoping Home will bring more people to the area to shop and hang out all day, then grab dinner and go out at night,\u201d Adrian said. <\/p>\n

Dorothy might have said, \u201cThere\u2019s no place like home,\u201d but Home says there\u2019s no place like North Park.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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