Tonight the public is invited to a Chelsea Community Meeting at St. Paul's Church, 7 pm, to welcome the Gem Hotel (no comment). The enticing part is there will be a presentation on the history of Chelsea, complete with some great vintage photos, including images like this one of the old Allerton:
Our cuddliest Slacktivist, John Penley, is leaving NYC for "parts unknown." Now what will we do? [EVG]
Remembering the magical Martinka. [BBoys]
How marketing concepts become sickening realities: Please let's not nickname West Harlem "ViVa." [NYB]
As an addendum to today's Elizabeth Street post, another shot of the 290 Mulberry scaffolding signage, because the sky is not falling, right?
ProPack is a brand of dog food. Viva is a paper towel. Hell, why not rebrand the entire city? Chinatown can be called Windex Village, the Bowery is now Snappleburg, and Carol Gardens can be the Keebler Elf Factory.
ReplyDeleteWe were noticing last night how nice Houston Street looked from Sixth Ave to Mercer St. Then at Mercer Street the bad old evil forever-under-construction day-and-night emerged. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI suppose the people who would sit in the middle of Houston St. are proabably the same people who would sit in the middle of Broadway on the Upper West Side.
ReplyDeleteI made out with a girl (first date) on one of those middle-of-the-island benches on Broadway and maybe 84th. Boy, was that weird.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they'll put benches in the middle of Canal St.! BTW, the Broadway sitters moved to Miami only to be evicted when the 'hood was named South Beach. Tell 'em about Houston St. if they're still around.
ReplyDeleteSit on Houston? I just want to cross it without getting killed.
ReplyDeleteeverytime I see those benches it's like "what the ...?"
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a picture of 130 Huron Street please?
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