tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post4891621711070519603..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: East Village PearsJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-26881170752041959762009-07-29T08:31:29.289-04:002009-07-29T08:31:29.289-04:00i'll take those brownie points, 99, and thank ...i'll take those brownie points, 99, and thank you. <br /><br />yes, it's true, i have real estate aspirations, too. i don't vilify wealth, as it may seem. my problems with the shifting city are more complicated. check out this post--which i keep in the right-hand margin--might clear some of it up:<br /><br />http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2008/07/thrift.htmlJeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-66528670405557185182009-07-29T07:47:27.215-04:002009-07-29T07:47:27.215-04:00Wait, so you want to live in the corner building w...Wait, so you want to live in the corner building with the bay window? That paragraph doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me. <br /><br />Despite your tone toward the changes in New York, you like pear trees. Ten brownie points to you Jeremiah Moss.<br /><br />And if you knew me, you'd know how hard my brownie points are to attain, 99.Agent99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10155971485371576232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-82795212166281946372009-07-29T07:38:15.671-04:002009-07-29T07:38:15.671-04:00thanks 99. i can see how, knowing the general tone...thanks 99. i can see how, knowing the general tone of my blog, and reading that line could lead one to think i have negative feelings about pear trees. but i don't. i don't even think i have ambivalent feelings about pear trees. <br /><br />but maybe you're tuning in to some unconscious ambivalence about affluent block associations making beautifications, in general.<br /><br />or maybe what's leaking through is a bitter wish i have to LIVE on 10th and Stuyvesant, especially in that corner building with the bay window, which will never happen.<br /><br />but that envy has nothing to do with my feelings about pear trees, which are lovely and especially because, as i said, they are the first to bloom in the spring and the last to lose their leaves in the fall.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-58572180666893663072009-07-29T07:32:33.862-04:002009-07-29T07:32:33.862-04:00For me, its the tone I read when you say "thi...For me, its the tone I read when you say "this was then repeated all over the East Village." Your coming off anti pear tree for me.<br /><br />That disregarded, I think Im falling all over your blog. You've a lovely way with words.Agent99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10155971485371576232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-3244938531500983862009-07-29T07:26:27.970-04:002009-07-29T07:26:27.970-04:00i have to ask again, in what possible way do i see...i have to ask again, in what possible way do i seem anti-pear tree?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-2736267386097160312009-07-29T00:02:59.081-04:002009-07-29T00:02:59.081-04:00are you anti pear tree because of their ever prese...are you anti pear tree because of their ever presence in the east village? or are you just a pear hater?Agent99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10155971485371576232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-60088426832063730262009-07-28T17:23:21.033-04:002009-07-28T17:23:21.033-04:00So if the date of the pear tree's demise as me...So if the date of the pear tree's demise as mentioned in the article in The Villager is correct, those stereoscopic photos were taken no later than 1867--pretty darn old. FWIW, Wikipedia says such stereoscopic photography was invented in 1840.NYC Rhymologyhttp://www.nycrhymology.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-27935495210980609102009-07-28T15:37:04.975-04:002009-07-28T15:37:04.975-04:00Great story! Pear trees seem to do okay in NYC. I ...Great story! Pear trees seem to do okay in NYC. I see a lot all over town. I love hearing about notable trees of NYC. There's a storied English Elm in the NW corner of Wash. Sq. Park called "The Hanging Tree"...Jennifer Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07064142648448704431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-15727952092793719802009-07-28T13:05:32.398-04:002009-07-28T13:05:32.398-04:00true--"circa 1900"--you'd think they...true--"circa 1900"--you'd think they could've done better with the dating. <br /><br />btw: "Rob Reiner / Tom's Diner" is a good one.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-4501099389057437582009-07-28T13:00:10.121-04:002009-07-28T13:00:10.121-04:00Love these bits of history... See some rhymology a...Love these bits of history... See some rhymology at my link... Note: there seems to be a discrepancy between the date of the photo, as given by the NYPL, and the lifespan of the tree--no? (Albeit math never was my forte.)NYC Rhymologyhttp://www.nycrhymology.com/new-york/stuyvesant-pear-tree-charitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-21308459627941341412009-07-28T12:27:26.517-04:002009-07-28T12:27:26.517-04:00do i really sound anti-pear tree?do i really sound anti-pear tree?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56631369640600217122009-07-28T10:55:44.912-04:002009-07-28T10:55:44.912-04:00Cool bit of history, Jeremiah. I knew about the p...Cool bit of history, Jeremiah. I knew about the pears on St Marks, but never anything about the "Pear Corner". It's great to still have these connections to the original Stuyvesant farm, before any of what we see today existed.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-85296666169124641542009-07-28T10:14:41.617-04:002009-07-28T10:14:41.617-04:00So are you anti pear trees because of their "...So are you anti pear trees because of their "ubiquitous" presence in the east village?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com