tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post3664588321094701942..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: *Everyday ChatterJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-24601904572485705492010-01-10T10:49:15.445-05:002010-01-10T10:49:15.445-05:00And across from the Greenwich? La Marionetta, best...And across from the Greenwich? La Marionetta, best pizza in town.Will Dividehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877416158115540051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-74083839174436861562010-01-06T19:17:08.602-05:002010-01-06T19:17:08.602-05:00Anonymous 4:49, I've basically come to the sam...Anonymous 4:49, I've basically come to the same conclusion. The "vanishing New York" we are seeing is really the displacement of the middle class and working class. And its going over all over the country, but things tend to be more extreme here.<br /><br />Also agree with the new round of gentrification we are talking about the middle class and working class, not the poor, being displaced. The poor still have their housing projects.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20267968653511601282010-01-06T16:49:19.291-05:002010-01-06T16:49:19.291-05:00I don't think there are tensions between
clas...I don't think there are tensions between <br />classes like there used to be. The facts are that <br />the working<br />class has been disappearing rapidly from <br />the 5 boroughs and leaving only the poor <br />class and the rich class. Yuppies, hipsters and <br />students are not in the middle class. They <br />are the ones replacing the working class <br />neighborhoods. The foreigners are buying up <br />working class areas like Russians and Chinese as well <br />as Indians. The traditional working class has shipped out to <br />the suburbs. The Russians, Chinese and Indians <br />live in the formely working class areas but have been<br />gutting and building McMansions in place of the working <br />class row houses and walk ups, especially in South Brooklyn. So we have a small minority of working class people, large numbers of wealthy and welfare people. <br /><br />It's important to remember the working class built<br />this city. The deli's, butchers, etc. The super wealthy do not contribute much to the culture. The poor contribute nothing because they just recieve. This means the city is dying (of uniqueness) because of these facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-19133983577314192552010-01-06T10:36:51.791-05:002010-01-06T10:36:51.791-05:00I was an original member of this Equinox club, joi...I was an original member of this Equinox club, joined for $100/mo. in 2000 for the pool and used to love this club and its friendly ambiance. Apart from the Carmine St rec center, it was at the time the only pool big enough to do laps in the neighborhood.<br /><br />But I disliked the luxe interior renovation that was done 2 years ago. The membership fee also got to be too much, so I quit recently. It was costing me $165 a month, which I just can't afford anymore, though fees haven't gone up in the past few years. I know other members have felt the pinch and left to join the new McBurney Y, which is less pricey.<br /><br />The Greenwich club is said to be Equinox's busiest, but it is noticeably less busy. The billboards strike me as a desperate attempt to woo new members. Technically I’m still a member until the end of the month, so I have to say I’m embarrassed to admit I’m a member. I will be calling 311 for the GVSHP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-45671532469690939502010-01-06T10:22:41.376-05:002010-01-06T10:22:41.376-05:00I lived near the Art Greenwich for a long time (th...I lived near the Art Greenwich for a long time (tho' I'd forgotten the name). Isn't that part of town landmarked? How did they get away with demolishing that? Or did LPC approve it (because now that I think about it St. Vincent's is right near there too...)?<br /><br />Thanks for this information Jeremiah as always!<br /><br />Cathryn<br />(Washington Square Park Blog)cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151793506761749727noreply@blogger.com