Here for public review is Capital Video’s Planning Board Application, received yesterday by the city.Capital Video Planning Board Application (PDF)The application form includes an information sheet from the city describing the approval process. It is likely that Capital Video’s plans will be discussed at a public hearing on October 12. We’ll know for sure by […]
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After waiting for some weeks, Capital Video yesterday filed an application with Northampton for site-plan approval for its porn shop at 135 King Street. This plan will likely be reviewed at the public meeting of the Northampton Planning Board on October 12. The Gazette and The Republican both report on this development today.The Gazette notes […]
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NPN checked in with Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development at midday today. Although Capital Video picked up a Planning Board Application form over two weeks ago, they still have not completed it and turned it in. This means they are now too late to have their application considered at the public planning meeting of […]
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Today’s Republican profiles Capital Video and its owner, Kenneth Guarino.“Guarino, the chief executive of Capital Video Corp., has done well enough in the pornography business to buy a Beverly Hills mansion. In fact, pornography has been so lucrative for him that he had to pay ‘tribute’ money to keep the mob from muscling in, according […]
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Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development tells NPN that Capital Video still has not submitted their Planning Board Application as of today (August 23). If they don’t get it in by August 28, the application will be too late to be considered at the public planning meeting of September 28, and would slip to a […]
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Saturday’s Gazette has a front-page article on Capital Video Corporation and its owner, Kenneth Guarino:“…Attempts to talk with representatives from Capital Video Corp. about its operations and its plans for Northampton have been unsuccessful. According to undated material on Metro Global Media’s Web site, the company said it planned to open as many as 20 Amazing […]
Over at mopornnorthampton, we noticed someone asking, now that Capital Video has removed viewing booths from its proposal, how does someone distinguish it from a “sensuality store” like Oh My, which NPN has indicated it has no objection to.We agree this is a judgment call. As reported in a 2006 article in The Republican, “Oh […]
NPN checked in with Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development today. They said as of yet there has been no sign of Capital Video’s Planning Board Application (PDF). This application must be reviewed by the City before construction work can begin on the porn shop at 135 King Street.Capital Video is now too late to have its […]
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Amazing.net is a website of Capital Video Corporation, the company that proposes to locate their newest porn shop at 135 King Street. Here are some of the movies they promote online:WonderlandThis DVD features a story-driven title that mixes drama with hardcore sex. Wonderland tells the story of a man obsessed with his stepdaughter’s friend when […]
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An Open Letter to Barry G. and Annette E. Goldberg of Longmeadow, MADear Mr. and Ms. Goldberg,We are residents of Northampton, concerned that you are about to lease your property at 135 King Street to Kenneth Guarino’s Capital Video Corporation. Mr. Guarino is a major producer and retailer of pornographic material. The proposed site for […]
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