tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post3974301917671173756..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Astor Place Design PavilionJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-75592136193693591862016-06-16T00:57:13.030-04:002016-06-16T00:57:13.030-04:00That's pretty ugly and quite awkward. Who'...That's pretty ugly and quite awkward. Who'd want to live there? <br /><br />They should rename it. "Astor Place" is far too sophisticated a name for that monstrosity. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235752256734522144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-85249732510226444822016-05-19T14:26:22.120-04:002016-05-19T14:26:22.120-04:00Corporate shills have convinced the public and pos...Corporate shills have convinced the public and possibly local government that parks are better when private businesses operate out of them. Why go to a boring green park to relax, look at the birds and people passing through when you can wait in line at a shake shack with tourist for 2 hours? The general public sees nothing wrong with this especially if you offer them a great selfie photo op. People today rather watch and press interactive screens to discover more about a service or product than just appreciate an open to all public space. <br />As the biggest and most habitual consuming culture in the world we no longer recognize a sales pitch from a tree. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-68801833989914689222016-05-16T20:04:34.865-04:002016-05-16T20:04:34.865-04:00Possible good news - The Alamo set to return!!!!
...Possible good news - The Alamo set to return!!!!<br /><br />http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/05/the-astor-place-cube-returns-next-month/Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845059738483356263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-61074356037219873042016-05-16T14:54:23.071-04:002016-05-16T14:54:23.071-04:00Walked by there yesterday, intending to get a burg...Walked by there yesterday, intending to get a burger at Cozy Soup 'n' Burger on B'way.<br />When I saw all those earnest Design Pavilion people holding court on Astor Place, I lost my appetite and made a left on Lafayette, heading to Astor Wines and LIquor to get a little something to console myself. For many years, I thought the only way I'd ever leave my little abode on East 5th Street near The Bowery would be in a wooden box. Well, change of plan. When my current lease runs out next September, I'll be out of here. Where I'll be going is not exactly clear yet, but what is very clear is the fact that after 45 years of living here it's time to depart. The best times of my life took place here and I don't want to end up hating the neighborhood.Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06416518509228779720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-44387651775441668652016-05-15T16:41:39.439-04:002016-05-15T16:41:39.439-04:00Every day, I'm happy that I live in Brooklyn H...Every day, I'm happy that I live in Brooklyn Heights, where we fight the intrusion of the "tall-building-good; short-building-bad" syndrome. Although assaulted by the PierHouse (the Brooklyn Heights Associations public meeting uncovered the news that the building was originally supposed to have 275,000 sq feet, not the nearly 600,000 sq. feet as built) and numerous other developments lapping at the Heights's borders, such as the 38-story condo replacing the 2 story library, the place still looks much like it did when I moved here, decades ago.<br /><br />How about doing some articles about how the Jehovah's Witnesses, in leaving Brooklyn for upstate, are transforming much of the real estate here?Andrew Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303874382474271502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56428545019386069862016-05-13T21:14:43.755-04:002016-05-13T21:14:43.755-04:00This is what the folk at Transportation Alternativ...This is what the folk at Transportation Alternatives and Streetblogs fought for and thought was a great idea. DOT's Sadiktator-Khan was like white on rice with these loonies. This is what we get.FlyOnTheWallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364347823977164984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-37641566529252308652016-05-13T11:20:44.275-04:002016-05-13T11:20:44.275-04:00REMEMBER THE ALAMOREMEMBER THE ALAMOPaul Pelkonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17097823333480876602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-25440796007214650792016-05-13T01:16:44.660-04:002016-05-13T01:16:44.660-04:00The neoliberal city par excellence. Public space m...The neoliberal city par excellence. Public space must be monetized space. A geography of nowhere, commodified.<br /><br />A buzzword mausoleum that can be replicated elsewhere, anywhere, with great sales and scale potential!<br /><br />The idea of the public commons, once so common across New York, has given way to branded spaces that certain publics can access, sort of. <br /><br />Who needs unpredictable institutions and businesses like Max's Kansas City or Edelweiss or La Nueva Escuelita when you can't scale them up and potentially become a billionaire by franchising all over the US and the globe? <br /><br />Why even think of any spot in New York City, or yourselves, for that matter, as anything other than <b>markets</b>? Isn't that the highest value, to be a market, and to get the highest possible value--and then scale up?<br /><br />A buzzword mausoleum? There's an app and Facebook page and Tumblr and Snapchat channel for that! Just remember to Periscope it!John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-28572969587631722532016-05-12T05:56:52.451-04:002016-05-12T05:56:52.451-04:00We can only hope that when the dust settles and th...We can only hope that when the dust settles and the rains come on with rising waters trickling over all these corporate monuments, someone will shoot the next "Blade Runner" and get it up on the internet before that too evaporates.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-86442961799232473552016-05-11T23:58:37.488-04:002016-05-11T23:58:37.488-04:00Plastic plaza for a plastic city. Plastic plaza for a plastic city. Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-41021201832384814942016-05-11T16:29:52.473-04:002016-05-11T16:29:52.473-04:00I'm so tired of this stuff. Everything sponso...I'm so tired of this stuff. Everything sponsored & designed to make money. Stupid little tables in the street next to "boutique" food carts. High-price Smorgasburg in city parks. Can't we just have parks & corners and alleyways & places to sit and watch & read & listen without someone maxing out their financial potential? onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-16624142060812110512016-05-11T11:52:47.387-04:002016-05-11T11:52:47.387-04:00"Advertainment event" - a perfect phrase..."Advertainment event" - a perfect phrase.<br /><br />In related news, there are currently 31 'luxury' towers going up in Lower Manhattan alone -<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/the-lower-manhattan-real-estate-bubble-is-bursting-2016-5<br /><br />Over 5,000 apartments for the uber rich and/or people who will never live here.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-30419688448278433302016-05-11T11:24:48.597-04:002016-05-11T11:24:48.597-04:00Pretty soon, every place will look so common place...Pretty soon, every place will look so common place, it will take all the incentive out of trying to travel and experience anything new and unique.Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159539883712835177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-17127299809863098632016-05-11T10:12:00.845-04:002016-05-11T10:12:00.845-04:00It's abysmal. We've been walking through i...It's abysmal. We've been walking through it during installation and now complete, and it's very uninviting, soulless, and Bloombergian. I have to ask why our current mayor has allowed soul-killing projects of our former mayor to continue unabated. Obviously, the new boss is really not that different from the old boss.<br /><br />Fooled again.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-44422485722690213082016-05-11T09:10:37.775-04:002016-05-11T09:10:37.775-04:00"The geography of nowhere" is what I exp..."The geography of nowhere" is what I experience as the geography of anywhere. When you are standing in Battery Park and feel like you could be standing in Meyerhoffs Baltimore Seaport, or Philly's Penns Landing, or a thousand other clean safe family friendly spots that have coffee carts and pop-up beer gardens.mrnickcooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768931390525873986noreply@blogger.com