boarding advocacy as well as funding for public events such as the Ringer Park Jam from June of last year. Â I had a chance to post up amidst their latest showcase and chat with co-owner, Armin Bachman who gave Abstraks the exclusive on what their agenda is for this hidden gem. Pete: How has the move from the Mission Hill area to Allston gone for you guys? Armin Bachman: The move has been for the better, there's a lot more going on here and I mean, we like mission hill but we were kind of on an island; and out here there's a bit more going on. [In Allston], there's an actual active retail community, the neighborhood has that feel where you can come here and you don't have to be coming for just
one place.  You can come and spend all afternoon in the neighborhood; get something to eat, do some shopping, go to a show, get a tattoo, whatever‌ so, we're really taken with Allston. P: Why is it so important to you guys to have an art gallery above the store and how did the idea come about? AB: We've always [appreciated] the natural correlation
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