tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post7754727416613354912..comments2008-03-10T08:24:38.208-04:00Jeremiah Mossnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-54045915928529910902008-03-09T23:49:00.000-04:002008-03-09T23:49:00.000-04:002008-03-09T23:49:00.000-04:00soyo = soYonkers<BR/>1980's carcentric style waterfront development in 2008.<BR/>notice they have no public transit going to this area, a privatized spot,<BR/>even has a water taxi and valet parking for the restaurants.<BR/>they butchered the histrionic Yonkers city pier to build the restaurant's on the top level, in classic Yonkers tradition the city leaders tried to sneak in a hearing for the pier privatization and redesign while It was on a list for NYS historical preservation's , the restaurant owners and the city pushed in thoroughfare to a unknown hearing in typical yonkers style, IT was on the list to be granted historic status, but the developers got it started the week before,escape from yonkershttp://escapefromyonkers.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-7367122708206240512008-03-03T17:29:00.000-05:002008-03-03T17:29:00.000-05:002008-03-03T17:29:00.000-05:00hi - just in case anyone was interested in a little more on the Alexander Street meeting I went to when I first spotted SoYo - I did finally do <A HREF="http://frogma.blogspot.com/2008/02/yonkers-public-meeting.html" REL="nofollow">a short writeup</A>.<BR/><BR/>Been a little pressed for time so it wasn't what I'd originally planned, but it's better than nothing.bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-78247250552542423832008-02-22T11:52:00.000-05:002008-02-22T11:52:00.000-05:002008-02-22T11:52:00.000-05:00Loving the comments.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like we all say NoNo!bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-73059008884810047312008-02-22T01:09:00.000-05:002008-02-22T01:09:00.000-05:002008-02-22T01:09:00.000-05:00In San Francisco, Realtors have been furiously trying to re-dub the Pan Handle/Western addition neighborhood (both fine, practical names for the area,) as NOPA (North Of the Pan Handle.) Soon enough our cities will all read like text-messaged promo-copy.Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-32566508990155245332008-02-21T13:17:00.000-05:002008-02-21T13:17:00.000-05:002008-02-21T13:17:00.000-05:00I live in Chicago and recently saw an advertisement for some new building on North Avenue that used the term "SoNo." I laughed out loud.Chuck Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07859033735216011378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-24795881272805550502008-02-21T12:41:00.000-05:002008-02-21T12:41:00.000-05:002008-02-21T12:41:00.000-05:00a "cool" sounding name does not make one chic or sophisticated, nor does it develop underdeveloped personalities.<BR/><BR/>a generation "raised" in soulless suburbs ventures outward for something real, but instinctively gravitates towards the fake. the world worsens and whitewashes itself to keep up. <BR/><BR/>keep these cretins away from cuba.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-5226930358410667902008-02-21T09:08:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:08:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:08:00.000-05:00well it can't be worse than what some people call the Williamsburg area now:<BR/><BR/>Willyburg.<BR/><BR/>I'm done.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the link.josehttp://thejosevilson.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-70308220235184677862008-02-21T08:20:00.000-05:002008-02-21T08:20:00.000-05:002008-02-21T08:20:00.000-05:00Comment #1:<BR/><BR/>Did you know that some people are now referring to Washington Heights as "WaHi"? Syllabic acronyms are just an unstoppable juggernaut now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-29459784826921310492008-02-20T21:01:00.000-05:002008-02-20T21:01:00.000-05:002008-02-20T21:01:00.000-05:00I recently wrote a gentrification post, and it's the same themes: these moves are like slaps in the face.<BR/><BR/>http://thejosevilson.com/blog/2008/02/20/gentrifuckation-part-1/<BR/><BR/>tell me what you think ...josehttp://thejosevilson.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-90956903964904144762008-02-20T17:28:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:28:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:28:00.000-05:00What in heaven's name is a SoYo? It sounds like a frozen dessert. What is the matter with real estate people? Wait, I already know the answer.Lidianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14609618027313982020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-51471510052013599222008-02-20T17:05:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:05:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:05:00.000-05:00The Cooper Union dorm was hardly the first eyesore dorm in the neighborhood, as both of the NYU dorms on Third Avenue had long been in place and assaulting all onlookers years before Cooper added insult to injury.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02121677765340808430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-47998049003191533252008-02-20T16:57:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:57:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:57:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link. Yes, this is a drag. Why is it that all these developers can imagine as worth going to is an imitation of trendy NYC? <BR/><BR/>I spend a lot of time up in South Norwalk, CT & my boyfriend & I get a certain amount of bitter amusement out of their "SoNo" district. <BR/><BR/>When I saw this - it was just, like, "No! No! NOOOOOO!" <BR/><BR/>As a person with some roots in Hawaii, I'm starting to worry that one of these days I will open the Honolulu Star-Bulletin page & see a headline - "Honolulu changing name to HoNo! Property values expected to quadruple!"<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though - I will be doing at least one more post on this. <BR/><BR/>On the plus side - word from my YPRC friends is that the city does want to leave their club where it's been for decades. <BR/><BR/>On the minus side - I hear the proposed development is about 6 times the size of this "SoYo" thing. <BR/><BR/>Long story short - nobody at that meeting was against development - just against density, and taking one of Yonkers' most remarkable assets (that view, that view) and sealing it off from the people who have lived there for years.bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-86899355412225688522008-02-20T15:33:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:33:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:33:00.000-05:00that's robert deniro as travis bickle in taxi driver--the man i channel as i express my rage about the city and its people (in a far less bloody way than he).Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-50692297552554989242008-02-20T15:24:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:24:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:24:00.000-05:00I have a question that is off topic. <BR/><BR/>Jeremiah, is that you in the photo on the right hand side of the blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-9048901435493281682008-02-20T12:59:00.000-05:002008-02-20T12:59:00.000-05:002008-02-20T12:59:00.000-05:00SoYo? Give me a break! When are people going to get over that stupid naming convention? Anyone that calls Spanish Harlem "SpaHa" needs to be dragged into the streets and shot dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com