tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post7126852782762681420..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Folsom Under High LineJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-53566960404747385032011-06-22T20:22:00.007-04:002011-06-22T20:22:00.007-04:00never heard of the folsom fair. is it this cheesy ...never heard of the folsom fair. is it this cheesy leather thing from the meat-pack? has it moved?? anyway, theres something very trailer trash about it. maybe its the big fat slobs who are naked? i mean this IS new york, right? (not some gay motor cycle gang in tennessee). shame on new york, where are the beautiful boys?srnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-48612228460586845502011-06-21T07:06:22.970-04:002011-06-21T07:06:22.970-04:00thanks Ryan. sorry to hear it's happening in P...thanks Ryan. sorry to hear it's happening in Philly, which has always been a poor man's town, in my memory. you'd be amazed how often i hear "it's happening in Toronto, it's happening in San Francisco, it's happening in __________." apparently, it's taking over the entire Western world.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-65996494472823990112011-06-21T01:04:29.556-04:002011-06-21T01:04:29.556-04:00Jeremiah,
I've been following your blog for o...Jeremiah,<br /><br />I've been following your blog for over a year despite not living in NYC and I look forward to each new post. Here in Philly we're experiencing the same thing. Theme restaurants and $6 cupcakes are replacing city institutions as Yunnies spread their tentacles from Center City to other parts of the city, there's yunnie dog shit everywhere, and the Gayborhood has been renamed "Midtown Village." Know your neighbors to the south feel your pain.<br /><br />I'll leave you with this gem from someone's Facebook status the other day: "It's surreal being back in NYC again. This is a tough place with kids. I can't believe how rude people are! Running and trampling over the kids, me, slamming doors in our faces as we try to walk thru w/ a stroller, etc. NYC wasn't like this when I lived here in the '90's. I don't know how parents do this . . . !"<br /><br />Ryan<br />PhiladelphiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-57753332936694655602011-06-20T22:43:40.624-04:002011-06-20T22:43:40.624-04:00thanks Uncle Waltie--permissable indeed.thanks Uncle Waltie--permissable indeed.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-11822144871233435152011-06-20T22:31:33.140-04:002011-06-20T22:31:33.140-04:00For as long as I can remember, members of the GLBT...For as long as I can remember, members of the GLBT community were on the leading edge of cultural events down here. Both on the East and West side of the Village. Here's a clip of one of my favorites. Blog owner, I hope this is permissible.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNMry53o_GUUncle Waltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07611991976897184311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-83501389429671390252011-06-20T16:18:45.954-04:002011-06-20T16:18:45.954-04:00Much of the New York culture that is actually cele...Much of the New York culture that is actually celebrated (disco, house, art world, and to a minor extent, hip hop) from the 70s to the 90s had seeds in the gay community. <br /><br />As a straight man who misses the cauldron of creativity that this city once possessed, I welcome the mayhem and confrontation that the Folosm Street Fair brings. Not personally my cup o tea, but more power to 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-29580358622011485502011-06-20T14:04:21.585-04:002011-06-20T14:04:21.585-04:00i give it two more years. i'm surprised the co...i give it two more years. i'm surprised the condo owners haven't started complaining, like they did when they moved in next to the San Gennaro feast and that chicken slaughterhouse in Brooklyn.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-86614815627121979402011-06-20T09:46:46.900-04:002011-06-20T09:46:46.900-04:00Forcing the tourists to confront the spectacle tha...Forcing the tourists to confront the spectacle that is Folsom Street Fair is pretty damn awesome. Can't imagine how many 'well, I NEVER!'s were gasped from above.<br /><br />Unfortunately, speaking to what Mick says, how long until Bloomberg the World's Wealthiest Tourguide decides to snuff this out - in a few years, this will be sterilized, declawed and placed next to the peep show booth in the Times Square Visitor Center; that way the tourists can get a taste of 'gritty NYC', in the same way a visitor to the Bronx Zoo gets a taste of authentic jungle life.JAZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-83299479086129412812011-06-20T08:15:34.020-04:002011-06-20T08:15:34.020-04:00This is not San Francisco, New York's days are...This is not San Francisco, New York's days are numbered, 10...9...8...<br />The tourists have taken over. Say "Goodnight, Gracie..."Mykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.MykolaDementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.com