tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post5305811946593737837..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Save PS 199Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-52551255725703098892013-04-28T23:42:41.442-04:002013-04-28T23:42:41.442-04:00bloomburg is doing a bang-up job at out-doing the ...bloomburg is doing a bang-up job at out-doing the legacy of robert moses........how to tear apart our city and destroy communities--------mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-48904803259997401442013-04-28T17:02:21.959-04:002013-04-28T17:02:21.959-04:00Uh....Caleo and John: Best of luck to you both.Uh....Caleo and John: Best of luck to you both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-53227464579545052482013-04-28T11:27:00.043-04:002013-04-28T11:27:00.043-04:00Owen Gereth's comment sounded sincere to me. P...Owen Gereth's comment sounded sincere to me. People really do think that way.Brendannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-82057558276616089332013-04-27T15:13:25.045-04:002013-04-27T15:13:25.045-04:00Since we're already under fire from so many di...Since we're already under fire from so many different directions, may I suggest to refrain from in-fighting. I mean this very sincerely...our adversaries are well-funded, well trained and extremely disciplined. We have to be tactically adept. PS: "Bloomberg is so repulsive".Uncle Waltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07611991976897184311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-44488644198959837062013-04-26T21:57:24.135-04:002013-04-26T21:57:24.135-04:00Uh, John M... thanks for the snark and try not to ...Uh, John M... thanks for the snark and try not to be such a douche about it in the future.<br />We are definitely not all on the same page on this blog, and people with exactly this attitude have posted comments before. Plenty of folks support Quinn, so that is hardly a dead giveaway. I just responded to what appeared to be a genuine comment.<br />But I thank Owen for wasting my time and you for pointing it out .Caleonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-18565733089546627842013-04-26T12:47:02.317-04:002013-04-26T12:47:02.317-04:00i was in a cab going down 2nd the other day and di...i was in a cab going down 2nd the other day and did a freaking double take in disbelief when i noticed A&D high was GONE. i think i even said 'what the fuck' out loud, startling the driver. <br /><br />i don't know what's more disturbing, that the city can take a vital high school with a storied history and destroy it for high commerce, or that such destruction in this city can go unnoticed, even to the alumni and people like myself who care so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-92061576133745647742013-04-26T10:11:11.898-04:002013-04-26T10:11:11.898-04:00Anonymous who works in the Julia Richman school- T...Anonymous who works in the Julia Richman school- This is exactly what our group is hoping to achieve! We would love to learn about your tactics. What is happening is such a travesty - a thinly veiled money-making scheme with a claim that it's "for the kids". Any way we could talk offline?uwsmumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-23638049238206193792013-04-26T08:54:41.843-04:002013-04-26T08:54:41.843-04:00Uh, Caleo...Owen Gereth was using this thing we ca...Uh, Caleo...Owen Gereth was using this thing we call 'sarcasm'. It's when you say the opposite of what you really mean but the way you say it makes it clear that you're actually on the other side. <br /><br />The Quinn line was kind of the dead giveaway.<br /><br />We're all in agreement here.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-27637266183945004022013-04-25T22:51:41.900-04:002013-04-25T22:51:41.900-04:00It's not over, please fight the good fight! I ...It's not over, please fight the good fight! I work in a school in the Julia Richman building on 67th between 1st and 2nd and a deal between Hunter College, a developer, and the DOE would have knocked down our gem of a building to a new, shoddy "multi-use" building on 25 and FDR Drive. The powers that be we're wholly unconcerned with what they would have destroyed. And, I am sure, would have been wholly unconcerned with building us a decent space. <br /><br />We fought it: made neighborhood allies, marched, had press conferences... In the end we won, a fact which may have been in the end a function of the 2008 crash. However, we held them off for long enough for that to settle it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-45998271061070612282013-04-25T14:13:39.038-04:002013-04-25T14:13:39.038-04:00Sorry, Art & Design at 57th & 2nd...gone
S...Sorry, Art & Design at 57th & 2nd...gone<br />Seems the land was to 'valuable' to let students use it exclusively.vzabuserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547457692788084346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-47661077391019488362013-04-25T13:50:23.881-04:002013-04-25T13:50:23.881-04:00Owen Gareth- who needs public schools ? Human bein...Owen Gareth- who needs public schools ? Human beings need them, that's who. Do you know any real human beings in your world ? Or does your entire existence revolve around genuflecting before the All Powerful Bloomberg and Those Who Make And Produce?<br />everyone in this city who pays taxes "makes and produces", and deserves decent schools to send their kids to. <br />I know I'm talking to a wall, because your attitude perfectly illustrates the new city that all of us are trying to adapt to. Dubai on the Hudson.Caleonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-6647605186480065662013-04-25T13:44:52.134-04:002013-04-25T13:44:52.134-04:00In the name of condos: libraries, gone; hospitals,...In the name of condos: libraries, gone; hospitals, gone; schools, gone. When will they go for the houses of worship? St. Pat's is on a nice piece of property.<br /><br />BTW, what's with hipsturbia? Brooklyn is now becoming too pricey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-38425106773854743922013-04-25T13:21:52.092-04:002013-04-25T13:21:52.092-04:00I, too, attended the High School of Art & Desi...I, too, attended the High School of Art & Design on 57th & Second Avenue. I was appalled that the school and adjacent PS 59 were demolished to make way for a condo tower. The students were moved to a much smaller building in mid-block on 56th Street with none of the light that art students require. The two schools now share this building. The 57th Street frontage is a Whole Foods. Unfortunately, I think this battle is pretty much over.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02121677765340808430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-6869860618067119822013-04-25T12:00:50.716-04:002013-04-25T12:00:50.716-04:0057th & 2nd??? that's A&D! No fuckin...57th & 2nd??? that's A&D! No fuckin' way! <br /><br />(was my HS too, shit.) the Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-73999615179713475432013-04-25T11:00:41.852-04:002013-04-25T11:00:41.852-04:00What process? Its Gone!
New York's famous High...What process? Its Gone!<br />New York's famous High School of Music and Art- Demolished- DEMOLISHED<br />Where are the students now?<br /><br />Rule #1 in my city:<br />1. If developers want land in use, they must build the replacement school they promised they'd supply BEFORE the DEMOLITION.vzabuserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547457692788084346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-8819565755059552892013-04-25T10:23:21.370-04:002013-04-25T10:23:21.370-04:00Who needs public schools anyways? New York has the...Who needs public schools anyways? New York has the best private schools in the country, send the kids there. Many give out scholarships and there are still the great public competitive schools the smartest kids can compete to get into.<br /><br />All of Manhattan is prime real estate and if Mayor Bloomberg and those who make and produce deem it important to build the towers and condos for the rich and powerful and make New York the wealth capital of the world, should they not have the final say? With federal tax reform and radical entitlement reform and lower state and municipal tax rates the economy will soar and the people who can afford to live in these towers will be fighting to do so.<br /><br />Christine Quinn is the one Democrat who will be sure to continue Mayor Bloomberg's legacy, so voters should take that into account.Owen Gerethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-35828865005969759822013-04-25T09:01:39.457-04:002013-04-25T09:01:39.457-04:00They are in the process of doing this to my HS up ...They are in the process of doing this to my HS up on E57th and 2nd - knocked it down along with the adjoining elementary public school. Putting up a "multi-use" building in it's place, replete with a Whole Foods on the ground level and, hey what a surprise... condos above. I don't believe there will be a terrace/ any outdoor space for the kids to utilize any longer. chummy's mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847094429288177924noreply@blogger.com