tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post2153508617666793410..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Guest Blogger: Julian BrashJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-12071680307709390712011-04-01T20:30:18.286-04:002011-04-01T20:30:18.286-04:00what is interesting to me is this concept of "...what is interesting to me is this concept of "luxury". this word has been thrown around too much for the last 20 yrs! all those brightly colored signs for bike lanes, those billboards, those buildings which have no continuity, (like the bowery) etc etc. i can go on but i will refrain. most of this is NOT luxurious. there is little thought in many of these things. you can say "modernizing" & maybe some of the materials are expensive. but i doute it. its rare that most newer buildings have integrity. after all they are corporate they are from developers. it is small companies/w good architects & individual people who usually create tasteful things. believe me, bloomburg knows what real luxury is, he lives in a large private historic home. hes not taking an elevator to the 39th floor.lauranoreply@blogger.com