Greenpointers’ newest series, Greenpoint at Work, is taking a deeper look into the lives of people who work in the neighborhood.
Our inaugural interviewee is Sam Lopane, the Senior Manager in charge of Research and Development at Greenpoint’s beloved Acme Smoked Fish (30 Gem St.). Lopane spearheads innovation and new product development at Acme and is a self-proclaimed foodie and proud North Brooklyn resident.
Let’s learn a bit more about Lopane and his…
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Great article! Keep them coming.
This may be an interesting article about Sam himself — but to call it an example of “Greenpointer at work” is a joke. You don’t speak to management or office staff if you truly want to see and hear what the life of grunt workers is like, to feel and understand what they msut endure to put food on the tablel and pay their rising rents. There are many minimum wage, undocumented, or immigrant workers who work in Greenpoint and are being exploited and are afraid or unable to voce their complains. The growing class of privileged residents in Greenpoint enjoy the fruits of their labor but either ignore or do not realize the pain and injustice that is often involved. Speak to some REAL workers and do the REAL job of true journalism, which is to help make this city, this community and its workers a better place for all of us. Be a newspaper with reporters who dig deeper, investigare, and helps solve out problems, or at least help us better understad them.
Important reply. First let me say that I am not a fish person especially smoked fish but if you are Acme has been a gold mine for it for an untold number of yrs. for quality and price.
Nicely written but the poster brings up an important point, talk to the grunt workers too although with the war against them ie immigration they may be afraid to talk to you.