tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post8448139929759259258..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Crisp's EffectsJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-33131921641939763262017-01-29T08:43:09.453-05:002017-01-29T08:43:09.453-05:00QC invited many people to his room, allowed himsel...QC invited many people to his room, allowed himself to be photographed in his room. He had affiliations with Andy Warhol who saw the most ordinary things as art so I don't think he would be too put out! It's hard to say. His living space was testament to how unimportant a place it was compared to the social space he inhabited.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505298187130755365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-13714783414594143842010-11-17T20:18:45.372-05:002010-11-17T20:18:45.372-05:00I'm not so sure Crisp would have been comforta...I'm not so sure Crisp would have been comfortable with having his personal living quarters exposed like this. Did he tell them he wanted them to do this, or did they just do it on their own?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91296707260478482312010-11-13T15:18:44.677-05:002010-11-13T15:18:44.677-05:00response to anon 9:52- its NOT more extreme in new...response to anon 9:52- its NOT more extreme in new york. its actually slower. i live in the 3rd world. i am used to seeing entire colonial cities destroyed w/in a few years. i mean concert halls museums mansions entire neighborhoods. like cities 2'xs the size of the 5 boroughs, finished in like 20 yrs. totaled: rich & poor alike. they build factories malls highways etc. example: leon, guadalajara, mexico etc. look@ china what the communists did. dont forget, some of these cities had a strong cultural & economical base like new york. the most educated & high income people lived there. the area i live in was the countryside: farms, ranches, estates, & fishing villages. 80 miles torn down for fast food gas stations cheap malls tacky developments, box stores, massive parking lots, manufacturing, storage places, 100s of thousands of trees cut down-burnt down, dead animals etc. in 8 yrs it looked like the atomic bomb hit. toxic chemicals in the air people wearing masks, big stereo speakers everywhere as if all the billboards (which are as big as city blocks), are never enough. so they have constant throbbing music in front of the walmarts & fast food. the lake is brown. now they are building theme parks along that lake. 10,000 jobs they create will bring another 30,000 criminals to commit more crimes. the building & destruction is going in 4 directions. up the mountains too. which means more highways. they call it "the dream". they market this, yes it works! hard to believe @one time prominent politicians lived here. you dont really know about the global monster. (new york is a slow train). bottom line: people love this stuff, they come by the droves! its the off shore $ & one world takeover. don't blame marc jacobs or carrie bradshaw, or young professionals. grow up everyone. i dont think this will happen in new york in our lifetime. but as there is a one world government it may be later. when canada, mexico, & the united states become one, then its over!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-11064459083752608352010-11-12T21:52:06.462-05:002010-11-12T21:52:06.462-05:00Most of the changes the people here bemoan are the...Most of the changes the people here bemoan are the results of federal government policies that kept residential and commercial real estate prices high. Because of the high density, the effect was the most extreme here. The result is fewer interesting businesses and interesting people can afford to live here. Federal government policies that created a new superclass of the wealthy, many of whom are based here, also didn't help.<br /><br />Really, there is absolutely nothing anyone here can do. As much as people complain about Bloomberg, there is little he could have done, as embarrassing as it is to live in a city where the richest person is Mayor (and who cheerleads for this stuff).<br /><br />And to some extent this is happening around the globe. Just more extreme here. Not even leaving is as easy as it sometimes sounds over the internets, people have family obligations or may be in fields where they would have difficulty finding a job elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-15569687009370307102010-11-12T21:51:09.721-05:002010-11-12T21:51:09.721-05:00to add a 2nd comment re: quentin crisp- JM says hi...to add a 2nd comment re: quentin crisp- JM says his apt is "authentic" i can assure you there are hunrads of filth holes in NYC. lots of filth & squalor, what so cool about that? have you seen a crack den? have you seen an apt. w/an oviously mentally ill/demented/or senile person, that has not been touched in years? there exist on park avenue as well. jeremiah whats up?hartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-17111342466433323782010-11-12T21:41:37.554-05:002010-11-12T21:41:37.554-05:00#1) i kind of agree w/anon 2:18 pm. but i dont hea...#1) i kind of agree w/anon 2:18 pm. but i dont hear this person offering any suggestions either. this situation i believe is bigger than all of us. most people oviously dont support moms/pops. #2) my friends knew quentin crisp in london way way back like 60s i think. they said his apartment was so disgusting you could not go inside. my friends are neat but casual (lots of books & stuff they like). hardly martha stewart, or decorator types. what was described to me is mental illness. this is not a bohemian apt. sorry to say. animals have more sense of cleanliness thin this man. don't glorify every freaky thing as being fabulous. i liked him personally & have his book. he himself builds a humorous case for not "doing housework". this is way way beyound not cleaning for a few weeks & leaving stuff around. if i was renting or buying in that building this would be the deal breaker.hartfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-61797799466762549892010-11-12T21:20:34.539-05:002010-11-12T21:20:34.539-05:00Anon, 12:18. I fought and won a battle against an...Anon, 12:18. I fought and won a battle against an unscrupulous builder putting up an illegal building on my block. With the help and support of Jeremiah and EV Grieve, I might add. We are not supine, we are doers; we fight. No sidelines for us!BaHanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-82363074516482703952010-11-12T18:26:06.779-05:002010-11-12T18:26:06.779-05:00"Manhattan will one day become an island fort..."Manhattan will one day become an island fortress for the rich."<br /><br />Just as the film "Freejack" predicted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-79377046912248527322010-11-12T12:18:16.017-05:002010-11-12T12:18:16.017-05:00I've been visiting this blog for some time now...I've been visiting this blog for some time now and find it disheartening to watch the dismantling of the character of Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn (which we have to admit are pretty much gone now.. all that's left are scraps and crumbs).<br /><br />But more significantly and more telling, is how weak many of us voyeurs are. <br /><br />We come to this blog, sit on the sidelines and bemoan the changes that happened in the last 5/10/15/20 years, but rarely does anyone here offer solutions. <br /><br />I never hear of plans to offer "Mom 'n' Pop businesses" advice in how to be more competitive. <br /><br />I never read suggestions of how to purchase real estate so that we can dictate the culture and shape of our so-called beloved communities. <br /><br />Most of us seem to be resigned to be perpetual complainers instead of perpetual doers. That sort of attitude is DEFINITELY NOT what the city needs. It's not what "OLD NEW YORK" was about. I don't see anyone offering suggestions on how to fight for the character of the city that we claim to love so much. <br /><br />Most of us would rather watch what we love die.<br /><br />Isn't THAT sad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-4796567544922966472010-11-12T08:58:50.902-05:002010-11-12T08:58:50.902-05:00I saw him a few times, he looked no different from...I saw him a few times, he looked no different from anyone who passed by. The yuppification and the destruction still loomed on the horizon, was very quick and rapid when it did come. He would never live in the EV nowadays.Mykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.MykolaDementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-53742009354951093642010-11-12T08:57:16.024-05:002010-11-12T08:57:16.024-05:00I had the pleasure of meeting him at a party once....I had the pleasure of meeting him at a party once. He kissed my hand and said "Charmed!" As an EV neighbor, it was always a mini event to see Quentin on the street...yes, this part of the EV is disappearing, but so is the rest of "individual" NY. This new "Sanapple" is so faux indie. (Although some people don't clean apts. in their shiny new buildings either.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-87651956126067615782010-11-12T08:28:16.950-05:002010-11-12T08:28:16.950-05:00Interesting piece Jeremiah. I always greeted Crisp...Interesting piece Jeremiah. I always greeted Crispin Crisp whilst walking in the EV. He always returned the greeting. He was a nice and colorful person.I remember him wearing colorful scarves.Melaniehttp://melaniemusings2@wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com