Horrifying. Right down to the architect's choice to depict Harlemites as rich Anglo-Saxon conquerors with cell phones, shopping bags--and formal wear.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Lenox Lounge to...Sephora?
This morning I shared the news that the Lenox Lounge might be demolished completely. Now Harlem Bespoke offers the architect's rendering of what's to come (thanks Andrew)--and it's horrifying:
Horrifying. Right down to the architect's choice to depict Harlemites as rich Anglo-Saxon conquerors with cell phones, shopping bags--and formal wear.
Horrifying. Right down to the architect's choice to depict Harlemites as rich Anglo-Saxon conquerors with cell phones, shopping bags--and formal wear.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
9 comments:
Who needs Dubai when you have all that cheezy made to order glitz right here in good O'l New York???
This is horrible. Wow I don't know what to say.
Wishful thinking: Maybe they are planning to put the new Lennox Lounge on the top two floors?
It doesn't parse
The fit is wrong
O one more farce
A sad blues song
woohoo, I love Sephora!! bring on the gentrification!!!
Stripping Harlem of it's ethnic roots?
Now THAT'S gentrifying at its lowest!!
Oh for fuck's sake ...
We are a disgrace. We have no respect for the past, for neighborhoods, for jazz music. We really are hated all over the world and with good reason.
I agree totally! I was born, and raised I. harlem. What has happened? Why can't we hold on to the pieces that has placed us on the history map?
Post a Comment