tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post5024173349227624463..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: 17th and 10th: Then & NowJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81370160771550278032012-11-30T21:15:34.814-05:002012-11-30T21:15:34.814-05:00Glaring steel, unforgiving
Glass polished, reflect...Glaring steel, unforgiving<br />Glass polished, reflecting<br />Your vacant eyes.<br />Narcissus in love with your own image<br />The empty soul fulfilled<br />the steel so cold<br />the glass panes dissect your pretty face<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-62076688652082416802012-11-30T19:26:25.937-05:002012-11-30T19:26:25.937-05:00gabriel, "photographically" the new vers...gabriel, "photographically" the new version is lacking. but i still fail to see anything wrong w/what they did. its not an ugly strip mall, NOT a walmart, subway, cell phone stores, home depot, 4ever21, zara-thank god. (if hunrads of people lost their homes w/out being relocated, i might have a complaint). new york still can be beautiful, the high line IS, the old building IS. this post made me happy, that dosnt happen too often. lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-7181523654842033342012-11-29T22:45:40.357-05:002012-11-29T22:45:40.357-05:00I had to expand the second photograph before I rea...I had to expand the second photograph before I realized that it WASN'T a slick architectural rendering, replete with becarriaged moms and sullen hipsters watching the dirty traffic from within their fishbowl perch.<br /><br /><i>Fuck.</i>gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721868921485670532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-3362957655374543452012-11-29T20:04:38.950-05:002012-11-29T20:04:38.950-05:00i do like the old photo done in muted colors. but ...i do like the old photo done in muted colors. but i must compliment the new version. it is restored, not demolished. the nice pld building stands, & the high line. they did a good job, dont complain. lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-11656340807509931912012-11-29T13:48:31.868-05:002012-11-29T13:48:31.868-05:00Not to mention - the sign! L----R- ... presumably...Not to mention - the sign! L----R- ... presumably missing its IQUO and S. Now the whole thing is missing...Tom Rinaldihttp://www.nyneon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-23728037166081103902012-11-29T10:46:29.787-05:002012-11-29T10:46:29.787-05:00O you with your passionate shriek for the rights o...O you with your passionate shriek for the rights of an equal humanity,<br />How often your Re-volution has proven but E-volution<br />Roll’d again back on itself in the tides of a civic insanity!<br />~Beautiful City, Alfred Lord Tennysonesquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-62372987644951717622012-11-28T21:18:21.128-05:002012-11-28T21:18:21.128-05:00As a photographer, I can see a wealth of photograp...As a photographer, I can see a wealth of photographic opportunity in the older picture: close-ups, details, signage, the entire building on its corner. <br /><br />In the newer photo, I see absolutely nothing of any artistic value. Its sterile, antiseptic, devoid of all soul. I wouldn't even bother taking my camera out. How fitting that the inhabitants are shallow and empty, as well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-47976299272243738642012-11-28T13:13:41.190-05:002012-11-28T13:13:41.190-05:00i was hoping people would write some poems! thank ...i was hoping people would write some poems! thank you--more, more!Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-49977312066391003262012-11-28T12:57:01.915-05:002012-11-28T12:57:01.915-05:00Old dingy diner
Abandoned by residents
Devoured by...Old dingy diner<br />Abandoned by residents<br />Devoured by High LineLaura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-44491961756910142172012-11-28T11:31:46.859-05:002012-11-28T11:31:46.859-05:00I couldn't improve on the sentiments expressed...I couldn't improve on the sentiments expressed in John M's post, so will simply thank him for posting. <br /><br />Love the Updike snippet, Jeremiah. BrooksNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001832037256411973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-62424886472399660282012-11-28T10:28:36.120-05:002012-11-28T10:28:36.120-05:00Yet another Now & Then posting that only makes...Yet another Now & Then posting that only makes me say 'Man, that is just FUCKED--UP!' <br /><br />Glad I lived in the city before all these polished turds moved in and created buildings in their own image. Douche-bags!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-82646475219065592202012-11-28T10:23:01.403-05:002012-11-28T10:23:01.403-05:00Majority Report
Your clean lines and panes
Filled...Majority Report<br /><br />Your clean lines and panes<br />Filled with the finest people and feelings<br />So much money you breathe<br />Out into the streets freshly trod<br />by boots that cost enough<br />to feed a family<br />the soulless eyes so bright<br />the maker's hearts so cold<br />still I smell what I thought<br />I missed behind<br />all the luxury<br />the fragrance of dogshit<br />and rotting garbage and pissAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-88317322774154834302012-11-28T09:56:42.723-05:002012-11-28T09:56:42.723-05:00You make me feel like I'm not crazy to miss th...You make me feel like I'm not crazy to miss the New York I fell in love with all those years agoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-35650934334817238012012-11-28T08:46:21.673-05:002012-11-28T08:46:21.673-05:00Every once in a while, you post an old photo that ...Every once in a while, you post an old photo that makes me remember what the city used to be, and it breaks my heart. Every goddamn time. But the feeling of the time that it brings back to me...well, thanks for helping me feel that again, if only for a minute.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.com