tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1119846154461892296..comments2024-03-28T20:50:27.862-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Ben Shaoul looks to make a whole lot of money converting nursing home into high-end housingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-67825996025562655812014-02-02T17:01:30.425-05:002014-02-02T17:01:30.425-05:00If I had to choose between a private school, anoth...If I had to choose between a private school, another bar, or a Seven Eleven, I would choose a school.<br />The neighborhood dodged a bullet as far as I am concerned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14648263849389641892014-02-02T16:57:32.397-05:002014-02-02T16:57:32.397-05:00As a low income, single earner household who's...As a low income, single earner household who's child currently attends kindergarten at New Amsterdam, with the help of financial aid from the school, I hope the east village community can see beyond the stereotype of "private school" and understand that this school is different. Their goal is to reach local families and give them an attainable alternative to the status quo in education, one that champions ethnic and socio-economic diversity, creativity and critical thinking. Waldorf education supports and educates the family as well as the child, to build stronger communities and enabling individuals to make a positive contribution to humanity.<br />As for the anonymous comment about the neighborhood having four of the best public schools in the neighborhood, they clearly don't understand the process and what it takes to get into a school like the Earth School. Just because it's public, it doesn't mean your child is getting in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-67024194089562707022014-02-01T08:50:08.804-05:002014-02-01T08:50:08.804-05:00As a math teacher who works in the public system h...As a math teacher who works in the public system here in the East Village, and also a resident, I am looking forward to our educational community growing with the addition of a Waldorf Grades school. What they do is so unlike what I do in my classroom. They have exceptional curriculum and an inspiring long-view of the child as a learner and citizen, something institutionalized testing does its best to extinguish. The public system would do well to watch and learn a few things from what they do. Waldorf schooling has been around for almost 100 years. This is the real deal. No Child Left Behind, Common Core, all the initiatives public schools roll out every few years feel like groping in the dark compared to the sophistication yet simplicity of the Waldorf model.<br /><br />I have researched its pedagogy and have shared my discoveries with my colleagues and my students. Both have really enjoyed the nuggets we've explored. In fact, my middle school students count our Waldorf exploration into geometric constructions as one of their favorite units of the year. Their work is gorgeous.<br /><br />Having New Amsterdam in the neighborhood (as they have already been for several years - this is a growing initiative for the school) is a great thing for all of us. We will only learn from each other, and what professional would balk at that?<br /><br />Thank you, New Amsterdam, and welcome! I look forward to learning and growing with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16915032850966228442014-01-31T22:12:16.223-05:002014-01-31T22:12:16.223-05:00I'm really excited about New Amsterdam growing...I'm really excited about New Amsterdam growing in the neighborhood. NewAm is a genuinely caring school that cultivates great parenting and healthy, compassionate children. The neighborhood will benefit from its presence. No rich assholes here, guys. Conscientious folks looking to do more good in a great neighborhood. Many of us have lived here for years. Hope you'll come and find out more in person. Peace.Angstministratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379232561817136147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34842300107915113192014-01-31T21:51:47.515-05:002014-01-31T21:51:47.515-05:00yeah-god forbid we bring up any more children to b...yeah-god forbid we bring up any more children to be conscious adults aware of their impact on others and the interconnectedness of humanity. <br />where will we find the next ruthless real estate mogul when all our kids have gone to waldorf school? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91430284890487940902014-01-31T21:01:18.480-05:002014-01-31T21:01:18.480-05:00Anonymous above, I know nothing about Ben Schaoul ...Anonymous above, I know nothing about Ben Schaoul and his record, but what kind of jerk picks on a wellmeaning children's preschool? I do know New Amsterdam as I am a parent there (and long time resident in the neighborhood) and it is a lovely group of people and a wonderful school with a diverse student body. They selected the space because it is 3 blocks away from their current space, not because it is across the street from the Earth School. And the entire neighborhood absolutely needs more schools of all kinds - both public and private -, all of the schools are overcrowded as is. You clearly don't have any idea what you are talking about if you think that Waldorf schools are about getting rich kids into ivy league schools. It's an alternative school system that is totally different from traditional 'prep' or public . It also offers financial aid and cultivates a diversity of socioeconomic backgrounds. Parents who send their children there do so because it is a unique and wonderful environment for learning and creativity, not because they are concerned about Ivy League admissions or getting in with 'hoi polloi' - whatever that meansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-49759578482001967252014-01-31T10:34:22.190-05:002014-01-31T10:34:22.190-05:00Holy crap, check out this advertorial from this Ne...Holy crap, check out <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/new-green-grade-school-to-open-in-east-village-will-be-downtown-manhattans-first-waldorf-school/" rel="nofollow">this advertorial</a> from this New Amsterdam school -- they're selling themselves as a "green school" and setting up shop from The Earth School (which is an excellent pre-K-5 public school with an environmentally-accented curriculum)! Holy greenwashing, Batman. Anyone who shells out big bucks to get their kids in there for fear of having them among the hoi polloi is a total sucker. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-8837964274166430322014-01-31T10:00:22.387-05:002014-01-31T10:00:22.387-05:00Oh yeah, this neighborhood really needs a new Wald...Oh yeah, this neighborhood really needs a new Waldorf school when we have like four of the best small public schools in the city within a ten-block radius. Well, I guess they reckon there's a market for rich assholes here that want to waste their money on private schools that cater to Ivy League admissions anxiety...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60762910241736804292014-01-31T07:35:11.065-05:002014-01-31T07:35:11.065-05:00Well, since this has turned into a thread on capit...Well, since this has turned into a thread on capitalism, let me just say that I abhor capitalism. And it's true that inflated real estate values is a function of the current state of global capitalism. You can't get rid of one without getting rid of the other.shmnychttp://quilas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20378950925681847332014-01-30T20:04:34.554-05:002014-01-30T20:04:34.554-05:00Grew up on 4th st. between C and D.I know the dang...Grew up on 4th st. between C and D.I know the danger in the neighborhood. A friend's parents were murdered in the Baruch Houses. Same neighborhood,same people. You want to live there, good luck! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-2381006180659317162014-01-30T17:58:32.011-05:002014-01-30T17:58:32.011-05:00What bowboy said.What bowboy said.Ken from Ken's Kitchennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-76829014794634701542014-01-30T16:57:18.513-05:002014-01-30T16:57:18.513-05:00Hey, I love the free market and capitalism..
But,...Hey, I love the free market and capitalism.. <br />But, Ben Shaoul is still a huge douche<br /> You can make money and not become a blood sucking parasite... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-62255503574510041872014-01-30T15:50:53.657-05:002014-01-30T15:50:53.657-05:00There really need to be limits on what real estate...There really need to be limits on what real estate developers do. Neighborhoods need certain things like hospitals and nursing homes. It's insane that this nursing home was destroyed for the benefit of a few people who are making an enormous profit off the deal. I believe in capitalism but unchecked capitalism where only a few benefit, which is what we have now, is dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-40014081301439237562014-01-30T13:45:28.574-05:002014-01-30T13:45:28.574-05:00hedge fund house of cards.hedge fund house of cards.RoyBattynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-17331215975230078602014-01-30T11:43:59.162-05:002014-01-30T11:43:59.162-05:00One thing I can say; that's got to give us the...One thing I can say; that's got to give us the highest concentration of children's schools, within a 2-3 block area, of any neighborhood in the city.<br />Sheesh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73703717013103945112014-01-30T10:28:08.115-05:002014-01-30T10:28:08.115-05:00That place is haunted!!!!That place is haunted!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63134739018938423532014-01-30T10:18:29.124-05:002014-01-30T10:18:29.124-05:00Being reasonably pro-capitalism is one thing, but ...Being reasonably pro-capitalism is one thing, but anyone who admires Ben Shaoul is even sadder than the dirtbag himself, which is quite a feat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88801487392442586692014-01-30T10:17:01.216-05:002014-01-30T10:17:01.216-05:00I don't have a problem with capitalism, but th...I don't have a problem with capitalism, but the investmentafication of residential real estate is the next stage of the housing bubble. It's where the rats ran when the water rose over the mortgage-backed securities debacle.<br /><br />Building and converting space is no longer about giving people a place to live, but it's about how to take money that you're afraid to put into the stock market, hedge funds, or govt bonds, and instead, put it into making money off residents. It's a sad state of city planning and a bubble that will pop soon enough as they all do. <br /><br />Many will get it done and get out of town before the bubble pops, but that will be our next bad time in this town, and guess who we'll be bailing out then? I'm gonna hate when that day comes, but the real estate interests will build their false castle so that we'll have no choice but to save them.bowboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43082122349826837712014-01-30T10:07:57.445-05:002014-01-30T10:07:57.445-05:00That is so fucked up. Capitalism works to a degree...That is so fucked up. Capitalism works to a degree but a guy shouldn't be able to essentially buy out a nursing home of longtime residents, rebuild it, and flip it and then leave. That shit destroys neighborhoods. That shit destroys cities. Who the fuck are we? I don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63916959410265060782014-01-30T09:27:50.290-05:002014-01-30T09:27:50.290-05:00Fuck this place. Fuck this place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57369613418940343482014-01-30T09:13:32.404-05:002014-01-30T09:13:32.404-05:00No matter how much money he makes it will not save...No matter how much money he makes it will not save him from the spot in Hell waiting for him. Anon. 8:48, may your mother live in a building Shaoul buys and then be forced onto the street at 85. There, isn't capitalism WONDERFUL??? You tool.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55087772002953251342014-01-30T09:09:07.429-05:002014-01-30T09:09:07.429-05:00Says you. Cabrini helped thousands of people. HELP...Says you. Cabrini helped thousands of people. HELPED. PEOPLE. Helped people from the neighborhood, people who do not have a local option for that help anymore.<br /><br />Just wait til all the luxury condo and rental people need rehab, hospitals, etc. Look around. Where are they going? And their relatives will have to schlep to see them. Or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81410952399998584082014-01-30T09:03:58.780-05:002014-01-30T09:03:58.780-05:00FUCK capitalism.......
......it's called GREE...FUCK capitalism.......<br /><br />......it's called GREED PIG asshat!!!DrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32669152976505579192014-01-30T09:02:03.131-05:002014-01-30T09:02:03.131-05:00I've been in the building a few times. Cheap f...I've been in the building a few times. Cheap finishes. The $7600 apartment is actually what they are calling a convertible 3. Put a wall up in the living room to make the 4th. The way I understand it is that a lot of college kids from out of town are renting these kind of places. They report that the dorms cost $2000 a month so that if they can get a place for under $2000 a head they can convince their parents to act as guarantors. That is how these buildings are being marketed. And many are no fee or offer rent incentives. They all have washer/dryers, dishwashers and roof decks. etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35597399012073141502014-01-30T08:48:45.137-05:002014-01-30T08:48:45.137-05:00Good for him. It's called CAPITALISM people......Good for him. It's called CAPITALISM people.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com