tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post2099774856895286442..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Bear Auto PavedJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-33348543632321700912012-03-17T05:17:30.822-04:002012-03-17T05:17:30.822-04:00I wish the High Line had just been repurposed for....I wish the High Line had just been repurposed for....trains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-77717260761730320552012-03-15T18:05:40.956-04:002012-03-15T18:05:40.956-04:00Dave-Everywhere- that was definitely my point. The...Dave-Everywhere- that was definitely my point. The Friends Of The Highline had the best of intentions.<br />Many people in the neighborhood had been up on the pre-gentrified Highline, and didn't want to see something so beautiful torn down. So in the attempt to save it, they end up destroying the surrounding neighborhoods/communities/businesses by creating a magnet for soul dead developers.<br />And I find it interesting, as the AMNY article states, that some of the business owners who continue to fund the new Highline are actually going to lose their businesses because of the developers. They are funding their own extinction, in a way.Caleonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56003086437631442942012-03-15T17:33:50.314-04:002012-03-15T17:33:50.314-04:00Chris Flash:
Silly, you don't fix cars, you ge...Chris Flash:<br />Silly, you don't fix cars, you get new ones when they break!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-16694019942922873792012-03-15T14:59:09.033-04:002012-03-15T14:59:09.033-04:00So a private parking lot is preferable to and pays...So a private parking lot is preferable to and pays more in rent than an auto repair shop. <br /><br />WHERE will those car owners go to go to get their cars fixed????chris flashhttp://shadowpress.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-84445501124154356752012-03-15T12:40:40.460-04:002012-03-15T12:40:40.460-04:00And paradise continues to get paved over into a pa...And paradise continues to get paved over into a parking lot.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.trippingwithmarty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-45503261201842469012012-03-15T12:36:31.000-04:002012-03-15T12:36:31.000-04:00I don't think we should be so quick to throw t...I don't think we should be so quick to throw the Highline under the wheels of the train (so to speak). The intention of creating the park was not specifically to stimulate all that commercial stuff but that is what happens in NYC when there is an attactive feature and a public that wants to be near it. Developers just follow the people.<br /><br />I wonder what the reaction was in the late 19th century when buildings like the Dakota started to spring up along the perimeter of Central Park? Did people blame the park for the development?Dave - Everywherenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-3308305415393685002012-03-15T11:42:10.967-04:002012-03-15T11:42:10.967-04:00Bloomberg's NYC is run like Goldman Sachs:
.....Bloomberg's NYC is run like <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print" rel="nofollow">Goldman Sachs</a>:<br /><br />...<i>the interests of the client</i> (us citizens and the tourists) <i>continue to be sidelined in the way the firm</i> (NYC)<i>operates and thinks about making money.</i> The city's culture (community) was always a vital part of its success. <i>It revolved around teamwork, integrity, a spirit of humility </i> (not to mention character, grit, and soul). Today, it's all about money. <i>People who care only about making money will not sustain this firm — or the trust of its clients </i>(us) — <i>for very much longer.</i> <br /><br />If only we can resign from this corporate firm of NYC that Bloomberg has created under his "leadership"...esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-55870519713203011912012-03-15T11:35:54.876-04:002012-03-15T11:35:54.876-04:00I used to hop onto the highline back when it was a...I used to hop onto the highline back when it was abandoned and forgotten. I spent many wonderful afternoons up there, basically having the entire thing to myself. I never ran into anyone, except a couple of graffiti writers. And then I heard that The Friends Of The Highline was going to "save" the tracks and open it to the public. Unlike everyone else I knew, I had a bad feeling about what that meant. Reading the AMNY article you linked too and seeing what has transpired, it's clear what started out as a nice idea has been seized upon by developers as another scheme to create a sanitized pseudo city for the wealthy. After seeing the damage the new highline has wrought, I think it would have been better if Giuliani had gotten his wish to demolish the thing.<br />Gentrification would have crept into the West side at a much slower pace, if at all, without the renovated highline to grease the wheels of development.<br />And after begrudgingly paying a visit to the new highline, I can say the renovation sucks, and I'm glad I had a chance to lounge about on the old abandoned line. The new highline was just an excuse to obliterate even more of old NY. It never ends because developers never stop thinking of ways they can make a quick buck.Caleonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-23790033928864476332012-03-15T11:33:13.554-04:002012-03-15T11:33:13.554-04:00Interesting to see what things turn into, after th...Interesting to see what things turn into, after they die out! Nice timeline shots of the deconstruction/reconstruction.Ryan - RMC Techhttp://rmctech.net/iphone-repair-new-jersey/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-7223623721303654122012-03-15T11:03:03.100-04:002012-03-15T11:03:03.100-04:00i can't confirm that the parking lot belongs t...i can't confirm that the parking lot belongs to the school. but i have a feeling this isn't the end of the story for this corner.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-55047975535964195942012-03-15T09:55:11.400-04:002012-03-15T09:55:11.400-04:00This city is like a giant Whack A Mole board. Any...This city is like a giant Whack A Mole board. Anything that has actually earned it's place here and has any true character whatsoever sticks out like a sore thumb, and Mike & his minions rush to the scene to hammer it into the dirt.<br /><br />Bear Auto was here way before caretaker Mike and the highline cupcake crowd. But things like facts don't seem to matter much anymore. What does it say about your sensibilities when the sight of an Auto Body shop is considered too disturbing to the 'Highline Experience'? But now the school for special trust fund babies has it's lovely parking lot - just a little more proof that they are in fact more important than we are, and that we've been so beaten down that the pretension of otherwise is no longer even necessary, or expected.JAZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-92173602119586725322012-03-15T08:50:58.925-04:002012-03-15T08:50:58.925-04:00i couldn't find any signs that says it's a...i couldn't find any signs that says it's a lot open to the public.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-74300239651195130702012-03-15T08:25:28.829-04:002012-03-15T08:25:28.829-04:00Ugh.
So it's a private lot for nearly residen...Ugh.<br /><br />So it's a private lot for nearly residents? Didn't see any, say, Edison ParkFast signs. Not that it really matters...EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.com