tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post5929158851494672452..comments2024-03-29T08:18:11.731-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Behold Civic Hall, the high-tech future of Union Square — and NYCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-326421830673815142017-02-22T17:54:17.613-05:002017-02-22T17:54:17.613-05:00Nasty.Nasty.nutbeemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373439498186005813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65458946877931246432017-02-21T14:46:29.295-05:002017-02-21T14:46:29.295-05:00@7:38pm: You have drunk the kool-aid that says th...@7:38pm: You have drunk the kool-aid that says the future is "based in a digital world" - so I presume you'll want "digital" care in the ER if you've broken your arm; if pregnant, you'd want a "digital" machine to handle all of your labor & delivery.<br /><br />Of course you'll then want something "digital" to take care of your kids from ages 1-5. You'll want "digital" when you attend a concert (oh, wait, "digital" people don't do culture, b/c culture isn't digital enough...).<br /><br />You'll also want "digital" to help you if you need physical therapy; you'll want "digital" for any funeral or memorial service; and you'll definitely want "digital" bartenders and wait-staff.<br /><br />And what could be better than "digital-only" entities to teach school children, from kindergarten through end of college? We don't need to waste any money on salaries or benefits or social security on mere humans; we just need to digitize EVERYTHING!<br /><br />Your slogan seems to be "Get rid of humans - they're too non-digital"!<br /><br />Speaking as someone old enough to collect Social Security and who is ALSO more than competent in a "digital" world, I say you're buying into a very foolish ideal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43419245627828780832017-02-21T13:59:31.818-05:002017-02-21T13:59:31.818-05:00I thought the Cornell project on Roosevelt Island ...I thought the Cornell project on Roosevelt Island was supposed to be the new tech center of NYC?<br /><br />Also for once I agree with Gojira, bring back Luchow's!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91742568137228550462017-02-21T09:10:10.548-05:002017-02-21T09:10:10.548-05:00...was there a public comment period? Meetings wit......was there a public comment period? Meetings with area residents? Did we sleep through that? Kind of a Rip Van "Wink" thing going on here?<br /><br />Appropriately the author of that story lived within in a couple of blocks of this building on "Irving" place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16730601797764303712017-02-20T19:38:20.066-05:002017-02-20T19:38:20.066-05:00I think it's pretty self-evident why there'...I think it's pretty self-evident why there's an impression that the "digital future" is only interested in workers in their 20s and 30s: just look at your comments! They are tinged with such a skepticism and such a hatred of things moving digital, that it's only natural for a digital-first company to be slow to hire people with those ideas.<br /><br />Obviously, there's a lot of downside to some of the changes the internet is encouraging, but it's pretty inevitable that the future is based in a digital world. Do you really have any choice but to get on board?Abfusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43776213041938349092017-02-20T18:08:08.391-05:002017-02-20T18:08:08.391-05:00"the plan is to start construction in 2018 an..."the plan is to start construction in 2018 and open in 2020." Yeah, sure, because we know that construction in NYC *always* comes in on-time and under-budget, right?<br /><br />Also, there is NO mention of what the demolition of PC Richard building, and then the construction of the new monstrosity will do to TOTALLY fuck up crosstown bus service on 14th St.<br /><br />Now, combine THAT with what Mt. Sinai plans to do at the corner of 14th St. & 2nd Avenue and you have a perfect storm of near-permanent street-level gridlock in this area for YEARS. Did DiBlas or any other genius in city government give this issue ANY THOUGHT at all?<br /><br />Or does it not matter, b/c the mayor and other officials live elsewhere and won't be inconvenienced by any of this?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-40589609950388658642017-02-20T18:00:46.789-05:002017-02-20T18:00:46.789-05:00Rolf's is to German food as Slip My Campaign U...Rolf's is to German food as Slip My Campaign Unmarked $100 Bills De Blahsio is to Fiorello La Guardia. Horrible food, it's the decor that draws folks, nothing else. Why not German food? We have all kinds of vegan, vegetarian, and ethnic options down here, why should German be discriminated against? I'd want Luchow's back if they could also bring back that 19th century heavy carved dark wood interior. My fondest memory of the place was going there for Christmas Eve dinner in 1980 and having Harvey Keitel try to pick me up while my friends and I were waiting at the bar for our table. Ah, the good old days. Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68129464975437978912017-02-20T17:37:08.968-05:002017-02-20T17:37:08.968-05:00At least if it's going to be a space that'... At least if it's going to be a space that's open to the public. For too many years NYU has been taking over the buildings on 14th St. and closing them off to anyone but their students. I miss the Academy of Music where you could watch kung fu movies and westerns all weekend long, and dancing at the Palladium, at last until it turned into a drug bazaar being run by that one-eyed idiot who had to flee to Canada due to all of his legal problems.,and shooting pool at Julian's billiards upstairs. I'm just glad it's not going to be a tourist hotel or another NYU dorm.Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31285144686302298482017-02-20T16:27:46.734-05:002017-02-20T16:27:46.734-05:00Scuba Diva@1:31 Luchow's because when I first ...Scuba Diva@1:31 Luchow's because when I first came to the East Village in the 1960s my friend the composer John Herbert McDowell would always go there at 4 PM for a drink and for the food they would bring out to lure in the Con Ed executives. I learned from him that you could sit at the bar and have two drinks and your supper. That's why Luchow's is etched in my memory. And yes, for the Christmas Tree that seemed to be up all year long. Your problem with "heavy" German cooking is your problem not mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54474713354505802462017-02-20T14:47:30.241-05:002017-02-20T14:47:30.241-05:00Blogger dmbream said... But the 139 existing cowor...Blogger dmbream said... But the 139 existing coworking spaces weren't enough?<br />http://newworker.co/nyc-coworking-map<br /><br />thanks for the map, stunning<br />food, coffee and happy hour - wow, let's go to work. <br />from the few links i looked at these coworking spaces are really an excuse to party, have events, eat & drink. why work? <br /><br />http://www.wix.com/lounge/new-york#!co-working/c1cyv martini glass icon on events<br /><br />https://www.wework.com/buildings/madison--new-york-city--NY<br />Weekly Events Networking, happy hours, classes & workshops - we have events all the time and space for you to host your own.<br /><br />http://www.paragraphny.com/events/<br />Usually the first Thursday of the month, but February came a little too fast, so this month, join us on the second Thursday of the month. We'll be in the downstairs area of Merchant's Bar, which is cozy and has a fire going, and is usually super quiet. (Shhhhh.) Hope to see you there!<br /><br />nuf said<br /><br />NOTE: one did not go to Luchow's for the food, people went for the wonderful decor - even the bathrooms windows on 13th street (if i remember correctly) - all that stained glass, curved wood and deco.blue glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19067217829237636722017-02-20T14:40:19.530-05:002017-02-20T14:40:19.530-05:00@1:54pm: And what happens to the currently "...@1:54pm: And what happens to the currently "young" work force in 20 years? They get fired/downsized?<br /><br />Is this the new tech-reality: You're only valuable if you are in your 20's or 30's, and "old" people need not apply to the future?<br /><br />Do they expect everyone to save for retirement in just 20 years of work?<br /><br />And what are people going to do when they're 40 or 45 and unemployable? The former young techies - what becomes of them? Are THEY then just old Luddites??<br /><br />Reality is gonna bite hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-46574227705356187132017-02-20T13:54:11.565-05:002017-02-20T13:54:11.565-05:00I understand nostalgia for the former EV but digit...I understand nostalgia for the former EV but digital is now and the future. As the work force becomes younger, digital becomes the solution to all problems from dating to famine. Luddites need not apply to the future.cmarrtyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36133515982572518472017-02-20T13:31:29.806-05:002017-02-20T13:31:29.806-05:00At 10:58 AM, Anonymous said:
What we could really...At 10:58 AM, Anonymous said:<br /><br /><i>What we could really use is ... (b) some innovative restaurant group that would bring back Luchow's.</i><br /><br />Where did that come from? Why do we need cholesterol-laden German food? You can still go to <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/rolfs-bar-and-restaurant-new-york" rel="nofollow">Rolf's</a> for that, can't you? ("I was born in Düsseldorf, and that is vhy they call me Rolf!")<br /><br />Seriously, Germans—particularly in Berlin—have gotten into <a href="http://www.laikamagazine.com/travel-guide-vegan-in-berlin/" rel="nofollow">veganism</a> in a big way, so if an innovative restaurant group wanted to bring back a veganized Lüchow's, I'd be right there, man!Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35547673924927611942017-02-20T11:59:50.906-05:002017-02-20T11:59:50.906-05:00Belongs in the new Astor Place... errr Midtown Sou...Belongs in the new Astor Place... errr Midtown South Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88205559262219428542017-02-20T11:56:52.085-05:002017-02-20T11:56:52.085-05:00To the younger generation which is stepping into p...To the younger generation which is stepping into positions of power, digital is the answer to all problems from dating to famine. So Civic Hall is a great idea. If you've heard the phrase, "There's an App for that". In the future we might hear, "There's too many Apps for that". But hey, that where it's going. Luddites not admitted."cmarrtyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9160061295594686052017-02-20T11:45:03.940-05:002017-02-20T11:45:03.940-05:00Smacks of another debacle like the ugly skeleton m...Smacks of another debacle like the ugly skeleton mausoleum oculus transit hub over old WTC subway nexus. Instead of riots over immigrants, we need to start demanding our cities back- cause WE are the indigenous refugees whiteknuckling inside USA from billionaire vulturesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88900639719911465242017-02-20T10:58:51.072-05:002017-02-20T10:58:51.072-05:00The design of the building is no more horrible tha...The design of the building is no more horrible than that of the New School at 14th Street and Fifth Avenue. Great architecture demands a client willing to spend the money on something innovative. We don't have that in the buildings that have come to the East Village in the last decade and we are not likely to see it in the immediate future. The project of what will happen in this space seems a little confused. Is it a teaching space? A space for businesses to rent out? What we could really use is (a) a great library location and (b) some innovative restaurant group that would bring back Luchow's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54922523038244725062017-02-20T10:58:18.768-05:002017-02-20T10:58:18.768-05:00Ah the legions of carpers and whingers- let them t...Ah the legions of carpers and whingers- let them take a photo of that dumpy PC Richards building, make it Sepia on their MacBooks, and hang it in their bathroom next to the one of the Manhattan Bridge being built.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48568496188029367312017-02-20T10:51:22.804-05:002017-02-20T10:51:22.804-05:00But the 139 existing coworking spaces weren't ...But the 139 existing coworking spaces weren't enough?<br /><br />http://newworker.co/nyc-coworking-map<br />dmbreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010750084489813951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21440319040448556172017-02-20T10:46:19.503-05:002017-02-20T10:46:19.503-05:00the more words the more bs
looks like a con
sounds...the more words the more bs<br />looks like a con<br />sounds like a con<br />not what we need<br />but as we are all forced out of the neighborhood this is just the type of space that the folks spending over a million for their co-op will be glad is here - and forget about the entry, training, all those buzz words.<br />it will be a flat out entertainment, luxury, glass, "tech-focused work and event space" with a roof wading pool bar and all the missing fun accoutrements that the hotel on east 11th street doesn't have room for - <br />oh, how many bars will it have?blue glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38777597777156706072017-02-20T10:45:27.642-05:002017-02-20T10:45:27.642-05:00Please! spare me ...more bureaucratic drama!Please! spare me ...more bureaucratic drama!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-84369761963495726752017-02-20T10:17:06.909-05:002017-02-20T10:17:06.909-05:00...was there a public comment period? Meetings wit......was there a public comment period? Meetings with area residents? Did we sleep through that? Kind of a Rip Van "Wink" thing going on here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38575903460300375202017-02-20T10:15:09.950-05:002017-02-20T10:15:09.950-05:00Rivington House. Just keep repeating it so he keep...Rivington House. Just keep repeating it so he keeps hearing it: Rivington House. <br /><br />Guy is not a mayor, he's a developer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19577779604022897352017-02-20T10:04:03.253-05:002017-02-20T10:04:03.253-05:00As The Real Deal reported, RAL Development Service...As The Real Deal reported, RAL Development Services is "one of the companies behind a controversial residential project in Brooklyn Bridge Park."EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-77057684572837509872017-02-20T10:01:32.113-05:002017-02-20T10:01:32.113-05:00oh my, let's now did a little deeper into this...oh my, let's now did a little deeper into this story to see who will be making a monetary killing on this project and who will be paying dearly for it. On paper this all sounds "too" good, but as we know paper just lies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com