tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post2258526240042118928..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Coney Island with Charles DensonJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-43211101378965510332007-08-27T08:33:00.000-04:002007-08-27T08:33:00.000-04:00thanks john--that is a great quote. predictability...thanks john--that is a great quote. predictability and control is what they now want to bring to coney island, a place people used to go to so they could lose control and be surprised.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91921960848913265912007-08-27T00:16:00.000-04:002007-08-27T00:16:00.000-04:00Hey Jeremiah,Sorry about the delay in getting the ...Hey Jeremiah,<BR/><BR/>Sorry about the delay in getting the quote right, but here it is. Its way better than how I wrote it to you. <BR/><BR/>"The city has twice been humiliated by the suburbs: once upon the loss of its constituents to the suburbs and again upon that constituency's return.<BR/>These prodigal citizens brought back with them their mutated suburban values of predictability and control." - Harvard Project on the City, "Mutations"<BR/><BR/>PS: I definitely could go for a Rice & Beans knish from Ms. S's.dillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072340385796236332noreply@blogger.com