tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post6059830123521339352..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Upper High LineJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-17874710861799363102011-09-05T12:52:29.750-04:002011-09-05T12:52:29.750-04:00What is happening in the high line has been happen...What is happening in the high line has been happening the area just around Queens Plaza. Some of the housing stock had to go - nothing of great interest yet, there are streets with a cool mix of housing styles with more uniform areas. What gets me is how the city supports this untenable high density housing and expectation our economic health should center solely around hotels and condos. Guess what happens to the hotels if the population lowers which is quite probable and the economic model is a smaller scale - we get SRO's and abandoned buildings at worst, or they turn to apartment buildings and you get an overdeveloped Midtown East or Lefrak City. <br /><br />What should be done is an city wide version of Queens crap which is chronicling this cancer.chris snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-70098697496292662782011-09-03T21:27:49.011-04:002011-09-03T21:27:49.011-04:00Honestly, I would rather see trains running again ...Honestly, I would rather see trains running again on the High Line. Less trucks, more trains.<br /><br />- VersusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-59783835088392075322009-07-28T15:38:25.372-04:002009-07-28T15:38:25.372-04:00Like you said...
The Selling of New York’s Parks...Like you said...<br /><br /><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/07/the_selling_of_new_yorks_parks.html" rel="nofollow"> The Selling of New York’s Parks</a>esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-710710308228562492009-07-24T01:03:18.691-04:002009-07-24T01:03:18.691-04:00On Koi, my argument simply was that there are alre...On Koi, my argument simply was that there are already something like twenty versions of Koi on the LES. I don't seen what difference another one makes. That particular battle is lost, the area is analogous with the Meatpacking District four years ago.<br /><br />I've become convinced that what is driving this is the increasing inequality of wealth in the US. Essentially, the wealthy have designated Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn as one of their enclaves. Since the recession actually seems to be increasing inequality, I"m not optimistic.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81612663185178981072009-07-24T00:59:05.236-04:002009-07-24T00:59:05.236-04:00Why wasn't the High Line renovated and used fo...Why wasn't the High Line renovated and used for passenger trains? If the goal is to develop the area, one of the problems presumably is that the closest subway line is on 8th Avenue. A trolley using the High Line tracks, going from the subway on 34th Street right into the heart of the Meatpacking District would have filled a transportation gap and been a tourist attraction in its own right.<br /><br />Instead they built a version of the promenade in Battery Park City, but elevated. I suppose if you oppose gentrification of the area you should be happy that TPTB screwed this one up.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-66542582567641257772009-07-23T22:36:38.352-04:002009-07-23T22:36:38.352-04:00One of my favorite places to walk. Reminds me of ...One of my favorite places to walk. Reminds me of scenes from the movie, Smithereens. Please watch it. And go on a walk in this neighborhood.<br /><br />Folks, just a year or so, and I believe our fair New York will be casting off these SATC types and once again be the flawed, beautiful Mecca that it always was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-89844800682724114462009-07-23T11:34:58.253-04:002009-07-23T11:34:58.253-04:00Is it possible in 21st century NYC to experience i...Is it possible in 21st century NYC to experience irony without a hint of sadness and regret?<br />i.e. preservation of the Highline will destroy the surronding neighborhood...Egmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234800566330932314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-2103516669412904042009-07-23T10:49:49.280-04:002009-07-23T10:49:49.280-04:00I lived in this area about ten years ago. Back th...I lived in this area about ten years ago. Back then, it wasn't a good idea to walk west of 9th Ave. I recall it being so very desolate, especially on weekends when the garages were closed. There'd be garbage trucks on blocks, taxi body parts strewn all over the place...I made the mistake of walking around in a short skirt one afternoon and was taken for a prostitute - absolutely mortifying.<br /><br />Then, The Park opened on 10th Ave and that seemed to be the beginning of the big change. With that place came all the shrieking SATC girls and the idiots who carry their bags. The garages closed and were replaced with art galleries. I enjoyed the emergence of the art scene, but at the same time, it pushed out people like me. I could no longer afford the neighborhood...and I like to think I'm a hard-working, creative person who deserved to live where I did. <br /><br />For those wondering why places like Koi on the Bowery are causing such a fuss, this would be my reason. These high-end places move in and attract a certain patron who has no other business in the neighborhood. They flock to the trendy places, but do not patronize the small local businesses, and raise hell because they don't live there and don't care. Eventually, it dawns on them that they'd like to live closer to their entertainment - do they improve upon what is there in the neighborhood? Say, renovating a century-old walk-up or historic building? No, just raze it all and put up the same soulless glass luxury condo, push out the residents, and obliterate the very culture that made the neighborhood so attractive in the first place.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-15545494604471977712009-07-23T10:16:19.479-04:002009-07-23T10:16:19.479-04:00an important time capsule post. Soon, it will all ...an important time capsule post. Soon, it will all be gone.Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-54498065287345470692009-07-23T09:21:23.681-04:002009-07-23T09:21:23.681-04:00i believe it was definitely done, at least in part...i believe it was definitely done, at least in part, to raise property values. <br /><br />we see it on a much smaller scale with jackson square park, which was beautified and guarded when the big condo came in. <br /><br />these "public" parks are amenities for condos, and the public is invited to visit. but you can "gate" a public space without putting up gates--a certain atmosphere will control who comes in.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-681307140730790132009-07-23T09:13:48.891-04:002009-07-23T09:13:48.891-04:00I still think that turning that railyard into High...I still think that turning that railyard into Highline -- a public park -- is just a "front" to raise the property values in that area. Once these places, which are still gritty, are gentrified and those condos and hotels are built, I bet ya Highline will become a private park; Bloomberg will make sure of that in the next 4 or whatever years he wants to run this city.esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-37809013410201037392009-07-23T08:27:34.177-04:002009-07-23T08:27:34.177-04:00Nice work, JMNice work, JMAlex in NYChttp://vassifer.blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-87486017421786060552009-07-23T07:40:00.917-04:002009-07-23T07:40:00.917-04:00Excellent report, Jeremiah. How much longer befoe ...Excellent report, Jeremiah. How much longer befoe these places vanish? Soon as a few condos go up, I'm sure the residents will complain about the noise, the smell, the men who dare to sneak a peak at their tanned, shiny legs click-click-clicking by in spiky heels.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.com