On de-gentrification, I am not the only one enjoying "schadenfreudic pleasure that the first to fall have been the coffee shops, kids' boutiques, vegan markets and stores dedicated solely to the sale of a single model of all-clad butter warmer." [Curbed]
Not only is the Holiday Cocktail Lounge alive again, so is the Pizza Box! (Boogie's excited too):
Is beloved Ray's Candy on Avenue A in danger of vanishing? [NMNL]
Is the 58-year-old Frozen Cup of Bellerose enjoying its last days before it's demolished for a hotel? [QC]
An interview with underground photographer Nathan Kensinger. [Gothamist]
A much better thing to do with snow--take gorgeous photomicroscopic pictures of it. [panopticist]
the thrill of paying $20 for a cocktail is over.
ReplyDelete^ Very disturbing!
Not because the thrill is over but because it was viewed as acceptable in the first place.
What could POSSIBLY be the thrill in paying $20 for a drink? Can someone explain this to me?
ReplyDeleteI do hope the thrill of paying twenty ducats for a cocktail is over. I like gritty and seedy and i like the sense of being a vagabond, perambulating through the discourse and the whispers of New York, satisfying my penchant for disarming intercourse with strangers.
ReplyDeleteright, why IS it a thrill to spend $20 on a drink? does it make one feel more powerful and therefore more likely to stave off the inevitability of death?
ReplyDeletethoughts?
I just don't get it...never have.
ReplyDeleteYUNNIE TRANSPLANT SCUM!!
ReplyDeleteYUNNIE TRANSPLANT SCUM!!!
YUNNIE TRANSPLANT SCUM!!!!!
So Beatrice Inn rejects are heading around to the Corner Bistro -- that says it all about NYC and its trendies. Steve Rubell, wherever he is, must be laughing away. Cafe society continues its decline. As for the twenty dollar drinks, they're being put on plastic ..... do you hear rumblings of bailout? You sure do.
ReplyDeleteThe thrill of paying that much comes with the territory of class warfare. Paying that much is a statement claiming superiority over another.
ReplyDeleteman, i can hardly wait 'til the thrill is having the love and guts to stay put in the city despite all the shite it spews forth! ah, those were the days!
ReplyDeletenow, i do not want a comeback for all the problems that many low income communities had back in the day, but, sheesh, i don't want some selfish, carpet bagging transplant to be have more rights to enjoy the city than someone who has lived here all his/her life and, intentionally or not, practically given their soul to the city.
let's do away with monetary payment and bring forth giving one's blood and soul to the city. i know mine are forever wandering the city streets no matter how far or long i am gone.