tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post5259672512421567418..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: *Everyday ChatterJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-32309114059073568902010-07-15T12:24:52.143-04:002010-07-15T12:24:52.143-04:00Anon, it sounds like you might be a friend of Gabe...Anon, it sounds like you might be a friend of Gabe's. i sincerely hope that he is interested in preserving not just the antique pressed-tin walls, but also the atmosphere and the accessibility of this place. <br /><br />i hope he will reach out to the regulars, that he will make the place affordably priced, and that it won't become guarded by an invisible velvet rope that only the well-heeled can pass through.<br /><br />i hope these steps are part of his plan to keep the Fedora spirit alive.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-12153445350946404292010-07-15T12:15:29.342-04:002010-07-15T12:15:29.342-04:00I'd love to know who Mark is. Fedora, herself...I'd love to know who Mark is. Fedora, herself, saw the new design and is thrilled at what Gabe is planning to do. It's her history and she is enthusiastic about the choice.<br />It's not a gut renovation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-60611945897270789182010-07-15T07:46:08.538-04:002010-07-15T07:46:08.538-04:00oh, the Bates/Mother analogy is quite nice. thanks...oh, the Bates/Mother analogy is quite nice. thanks!Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-254492097680083962010-07-15T01:31:51.506-04:002010-07-15T01:31:51.506-04:00"Faux-stalgia" nice! Keeping the "d..."Faux-stalgia" nice! Keeping the "design details" of a place while building a new business feels like what Norman Bates did to his mom: Keep her desiccated corpse in the attic so he can have "a relationship" with her.<br /><br />Also, here's a question: When did the term "slumming" (ie: rich going to poor areas for thrills) stop being used? I remember it being used in the 1980s a bit. Nowadays? It seems like a relic.JakeGouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133101465071716345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-4430574257779982212010-07-14T10:24:32.977-04:002010-07-14T10:24:32.977-04:00agreed. i am tired of the "faux-stalgia"...agreed. i am tired of the "faux-stalgia" trend, the fake museum of new york fronts. <br /><br />who wants to look up at the Fedora sign knowing they can't go inside and experience it as it was, that it has taken on a new meaning divorced from the original?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-35430059266971281472010-07-14T09:54:07.189-04:002010-07-14T09:54:07.189-04:00If you've actually been to Fedora, you would k...If you've actually been to Fedora, you would know that it is virtually impossible for the new owner to implement "structural overhauls... the space will basically remain exactly as it appears today" in order to create an "casually elegant supper club". From the kitchen to the swamp cooler, the restaurant is going to require a gut renovation, and then they'll use faux finishes and rehang the art, such as it is. <br /><br />Once again, someone else's history, namely mine, is being ripped off in the name of passing trendiness and sold to the highest bidder.<br /><br />I would have hoped for a scenario like Gino, where the zebras were removed, so the new tenants would not avail themselves of unearned cachet.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02121677765340808430noreply@blogger.com