Wednesday, September 16, 2009

*Everyday Chatter

In Park Slope, says psychologist Peter Loffredo, "needy, greedy narcissists arrived back from their summering to ruin what was evolving into a peaceful haven for grown-ups." Wait, shouldn't that apply to the whole city? [OTBKB] via Grub

Why did Tavern on the Green fail? [NYT]

Anyone up for "a poetic travelogue performed on a bus touring the South Bronx"? Here's your chance with the Provenance of Beauty, by Claudia Rankine. [LM]

The East Village is experiencing a 90% surge in burglaries. Sort of. [EVG]

More Toynbee tiles on the LES. [BB]

Go inside the Cooper Union Hive. [Curbed]

More graffiti art. [Gothamist]

3 comments:

EV Greive said...

Peter Loffredo nailed it.... "needy, greedy narcissists arrived back from their summering to ruin what was evolving into a peaceful haven ..."

And I think they all came back wearing NFL team jerseys.

Anonymous said...

The Cooper Union is the worst piece of architecture ever made. It wasn't even design, it was put together by a 12 year old architect.

Ed said...

I think this summer all the tourists more than made up for the absence of the Hamptons crowd.