tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post4199669250135996115..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Atlas Barber SchoolJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-41220788558508728272016-08-07T19:40:28.989-04:002016-08-07T19:40:28.989-04:00I think part of the training was having to shave a...I think part of the training was having to shave a baloon.astroboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13996341670927319919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-63047693025726018012013-09-23T17:36:38.655-04:002013-09-23T17:36:38.655-04:00Graduated Atlas Barber School in 1968. Sad to see ...Graduated Atlas Barber School in 1968. Sad to see that the doors closed. In New Jersey you have to go to beauty school now to learn how to cut men's hair. That's B.S.<br /> It was a very cool place and a great chance to learn hair cutting<br />and shavingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-83183261373570971232013-07-13T23:46:06.803-04:002013-07-13T23:46:06.803-04:00I ROBERT AM A ATLAS BARBER GRADUATE I WENT BY THER...I ROBERT AM A ATLAS BARBER GRADUATE I WENT BY THERE TODAY JUST ONLY TO FIND OUT THE ARE NO LONGER THERE THIS IS SO SAD I REMEMBER WHEN HER SISTER TERRY USED TO RUN IT AND THEN HER SISTER SHEILA TOOK OVER FOR HER WHERE ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO GET A CHEAP HAIRCUT FOR THAT PRICE NOWHERE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-64268740169661977742013-03-24T00:09:48.592-04:002013-03-24T00:09:48.592-04:00A great New York institution gone, so sad!A great New York institution gone, so sad!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383407452399619794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-22828033551699834042013-01-03T06:54:42.125-05:002013-01-03T06:54:42.125-05:00As a graduate, you have a perspective about the si...As a graduate, you have a perspective about the situation that most don't have. Thank you for giving it. Still, it's sad that a business that was around so long went under.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-66099692612219414942012-08-27T11:42:46.947-04:002012-08-27T11:42:46.947-04:00I am an atlas graduate . This was a great barber s...I am an atlas graduate . This was a great barber school. The school could have been managed much better. The owner (Sheila) was there twice a month. So of course it eventually would go out of business. Maybe if she was there more and updated the school. Maybe raised tuition alittle bit. Could have still made money . I love Sheila she is a great person. But the school could of survived . 17 chairs 3500 tuition , Day and night classes . Your do the math!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-84466548342135703372012-07-20T14:43:30.841-04:002012-07-20T14:43:30.841-04:00What a disappointment.
Are there any plans to reo...What a disappointment.<br /><br />Are there any plans to reopen somewhere else in the city.<br />This place was a great school which provided a valuable service to the community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-32714591883725111552012-07-08T09:14:03.296-04:002012-07-08T09:14:03.296-04:00I got the shock of my life when I went down last F...I got the shock of my life when I went down last Friday to Atlas for my 3-month buzz #2 cut, to find the place empty. Unbelievable.<br />The last decent, no-BS, no metrosexual place for a quick and simple cut gone.<br />It's the endless story of anything worth a damn in NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-58108567216719296022012-07-01T01:33:18.445-04:002012-07-01T01:33:18.445-04:00Sorry to see the Atlas School close. I was hoping ...Sorry to see the Atlas School close. I was hoping to go there for a refresher course. Now...IDK where I'll go. Maybe Sheila will make a new space, but I doubt it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-26097627938026621042012-06-20T14:58:20.020-04:002012-06-20T14:58:20.020-04:00This sucks, I wanted to go to this school to learn...This sucks, I wanted to go to this school to learn how to cut hair. I wish it was still open and the rent did not go up but i guess everything happens for a reason. Good post. Thanks for sharing this.Justin Allenhttp://sftrr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-60003679763628094582012-06-16T13:08:10.429-04:002012-06-16T13:08:10.429-04:00I just went down to get my haircut and saw the emp...I just went down to get my haircut and saw the empty space. Came home to see what happened and saw this blog post and now I want to cry. I've been getting cuts at Atlas for 10 years since I've moved into the neighborhood and to see it gone leaves yet another major hole in the NYC landscape.<br /><br />Great post, but the NYC tears are flowing a bit... AND where the --- do i get my haircuts now!!hurtinNYCpupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-13952714275967870772012-06-04T09:59:45.089-04:002012-06-04T09:59:45.089-04:00I grew up near there. The history which winds up ...I grew up near there. The history which winds up dumped is horrendous. It is now a city devoid of forward thinking, no creativity, pathetic. <br /><br />Had I known this was happening, I could have salvaged all those chairs, used the bases and other elements for new furniture creations. Shocking that nobody was there to do this. 20 years ago, people would have grabbed them for re-use. But, then again, 20 years ago, NYC was still a place you could have a shit job or two in and carve out a life for yourself. <br /><br />This is my furniture page - if you know of anything like this happening, please, please, please don't let history turn into landfill!!!! Let me make something from it!<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/MadeByGideonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91149371116489815622012-06-02T23:36:49.972-04:002012-06-02T23:36:49.972-04:00+1 what Chris Flash said. Until that tax loophole ...+1 what Chris Flash said. Until that tax loophole is dealt with, NEW YORK WILL CONTINUE TO VANISH AT THE HANDS OF GREEDY LANDLORDS!Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395915435209482109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-648984642843566142012-06-01T19:19:24.689-04:002012-06-01T19:19:24.689-04:00I literally just walked down there to get a haircu...I literally just walked down there to get a haircut two hours ago and it was all boarded up. A google search brought me here, a sad day for cheap haircuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-68968285814405231642012-06-01T17:44:22.518-04:002012-06-01T17:44:22.518-04:00I drop by this blog once every couple of months wh...I drop by this blog once every couple of months when I am feeling sentimental for the city I grew up in and left behind ten years ago only to be reminded why I left. It is like everyday little napalm bombs are being dropped on my youth. And when I am feeling particularly bad I think of my mom who grew up in Chelsea during the late 30s, 40s and 50s. If it blows my mind I can only imagine what it does to hers. Thanks for the great work Jeremiah. You are one of the few doing the invaluable work of documenting for posterity the piecemeal destruction of a once great city. And yes, it is destruction. A weird upward/downward destruction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-50261370795347903542012-05-31T12:27:54.371-04:002012-05-31T12:27:54.371-04:00Whaddya mean "long hair 70s?"I used to g...Whaddya mean "long hair 70s?"I used to get my hair cut there back in the early 70s alla time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-15053692213129424152012-05-31T02:21:23.253-04:002012-05-31T02:21:23.253-04:00Goddammitsomuch. I've been going there for the...Goddammitsomuch. I've been going there for the last 6 years or so ever since my barber of over 20 years retired.Bernie Mooneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-74931804109404361102012-05-31T00:16:11.338-04:002012-05-31T00:16:11.338-04:00Unfortunately, exploding won't accomplish anyt...Unfortunately, exploding won't accomplish anything.<br />I don't want to sound defeatist, but this is the nature of the beast at this time. New Yorkers voted for Mike, and this is what we get. And as the comments in one of your previous posts shows, there are apparently quite a few New Yorkers who are happy with the way things are rolling. <br />Those who are most responsible for all of this don't listen to popular explosions anyway. Their feet barely ever touch the street, let alone engage with everyday people.<br />The pendulum eventually swings back in the other direction... but it hurts like hell to have to live through all of this anyway.<br />At this point I'm beginning to see that unique cultural moment, say from the late 60's through the late 90's, as an unusual exception.<br />We have to accept the possibility that New York's current transformation may well last for quite some time, decades even. Once the wealthy dig their heels in, they rarely let go. And they really believe the whole city is theirs to remake as they see fit, whatever the cost to working people, native or transplant.Caleonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-33446980677988139762012-05-30T23:54:32.186-04:002012-05-30T23:54:32.186-04:00This is what we do, now.
This is the way it happen...This is what we do, now.<br />This is the way it happens, now.<br /><br />We prep for surgery, snap on our gloves, break out our sledgehammers, and tear down the all the old, dirty things, layered over with memories like jawbreakers or subway-station paint. We pave it over, steamroll it flat, chrome it up, and slap on our price-tags.<br /><br />Then we build a gallery in the center of it all -- let's call it a "memorial" -- and we hang our paintings and photographs, of how it all used to be and how it all used to look and how it all used to feel. Our gory glory days. <br /><br />And we cater an Opening: cheap wine and plastic, paparazzi and folks with funny glasses and unfunny affectations. Myself plus one, on the VIP list.<br /><br />And we sell the paintings and photographs... for a profit, naturally, 'cos there's nothing and no one left to donate the proceeds to.<br /><br />And we curate a tote-bag commemorating the opening of the closing of everything. And we sell that, too. <br /><br />And we laugh and laugh and we march through the streets (deliciously car-free) with sparklers in our champagne bottles, collars popped and shirt-tails untucked.<br /><br />"Not with a bang, but a whimper."gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721868921485670532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-47343467778272760662012-05-30T23:04:45.637-04:002012-05-30T23:04:45.637-04:00i'm fucking sick of it, too. May was a rough m...i'm fucking sick of it, too. May was a rough month.<br /><br />what happens to us with all of this? do we just get more depressed, despondent, disempowered? or does the pressure build and will we soon explode?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-61367818226439517782012-05-30T20:50:00.873-04:002012-05-30T20:50:00.873-04:00I just had my hair cut on Friday. Had no clue it ...I just had my hair cut on Friday. Had no clue it was about to close. I've been going there regularly for over 10 years. I was continually shocked the $5 price never went up. I occasionally got barbers who spent too much time gabbing on their phones or were trying to be quick rather than careful. Fortunately, my cut is hard to screw up.<br /><br />I was seeing some of the same barbers in there for years. Obviously they weren't still students. I guess they just liked cutting hair for small tips, or the company.<br /><br />I don't know where to go now. I have been to other places occasionally when I needed a cut and Atlas was closed, but I don't know which to turn to regularly.<br /><br />Shocking to see all the chairs in the dumpster so quickly. What will become of all the people there?<br /><br />I'd say the 10th Street annex was around until at least c. 2005. I was sent over there once when the 3rd Ave one was full.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-28360284703179709042012-05-30T17:58:12.470-04:002012-05-30T17:58:12.470-04:00Still plenty of old school barbers around. I get m...Still plenty of old school barbers around. I get my cut at the joint on Sullivan at West 3rd. They cut Vinnie "The Chin" Gigante in the day, and all the mobsters. It's just down the block from the old mob social club that is now a tea shoppe. Oh, the humanity.Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-48053259849487035242012-05-30T17:46:56.212-04:002012-05-30T17:46:56.212-04:00Anonymous 1:04:
Don't be fooled about the fir...Anonymous 1:04:<br /><br />Don't be fooled about the first Bloomberg election. Thompson was not really running vs Bloombucks. He was a SHILL candidate!!chris flashhttp://shadowpress.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-37442195614966238902012-05-30T17:44:39.502-04:002012-05-30T17:44:39.502-04:00This is really sickening.
$11,000 per month = >...This is really sickening.<br /><br />$11,000 per month = >73 haircuts a day just to cover the fucking rent. Never mind having money left to cover other expenses, including LIVING.<br /><br />If landlords were not rewarded with the ability to write off losses due to lack of rental income from commercial spaces they have caused to be vacated, and if more folks simply chose to BOYCOTT whatever took the place of a long-time neighborhood establishment, this would less likely to happen.chris flashhttp://shadowpress.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-13775029307794235142012-05-30T17:32:42.397-04:002012-05-30T17:32:42.397-04:00I never got a chance to visit this place and now I...I never got a chance to visit this place and now I never will. That last photo really puts it all in perspective. Fuck.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.trippingwithmarty.comnoreply@blogger.com