tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6544937964317515077..comments2024-03-29T08:51:14.053-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Concern over potential air-rights transfer for new office building on St. Mark's Place and 3rd AvenueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-33512162235750080052019-02-13T00:05:09.081-05:002019-02-13T00:05:09.081-05:00Shouldn’t air rights belong to everyone? Shouldn’t...Shouldn’t air rights belong to everyone? Shouldn’t these rights belong the people who breathe the air and need sunlight to live a healthy life? This is just another real estate scam designed to get around zoning laws, which themselves are supposed to protect us from overdevelopment. The gateway to the East Village will one day be a canyon of tall buildings with chain stores. Sad. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20841518042701870512019-02-12T20:14:29.588-05:002019-02-12T20:14:29.588-05:00this breaks my heart. i remember being 13 and bein...this breaks my heart. i remember being 13 and being brought to this block and arriving there, feeling like.."wow my lifes about to change" the whoel village felt freeing and less lonely , but something about arriving at Saint marks place felt magical. now that there are two death stars,im not surprised theyve decided to full on destroy the place. mediocre restaurants and squads of drunks already made the street more of a food court than an experience..Catzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03175409853831546576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53339631434567031702019-02-12T17:00:08.404-05:002019-02-12T17:00:08.404-05:00The entire situation is fucked. Our neighborhood ...The entire situation is fucked. Our neighborhood has a soulless veneer. I think we all can agree to that. I long for the days of NYC when it felt sublime knowing you lived in the most fascinating place in the world, especially in the east village, which was this haven for creation and non-conformity not to mention the inclusivity from all walks of life. There was no semblance of suburbia or frat boy culture. In fact, there was nothing else like it really. Rents were still manageable and easer to find. Small businesses, bars, family owned restaurants, clubs, and stores actually existed and flourished. What do we do about it now? I am at a loss for words or action. I either have to relocate to another borough, another city or another country or just suck it up and face reality like a real middle aged man can and should. <br /><br />RIP the old NYC. You were the perfect husband. You will be missed and forever adored. xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14813395008812767602019-02-12T14:27:44.201-05:002019-02-12T14:27:44.201-05:00@9:30am: You nailed it totally.
As for the Hamilt...@9:30am: You nailed it totally.<br /><br />As for the Hamilton-Holly house, the people who now own it KNEW exactly what the deal was when they bought it.They did renovations that EXPANDED the space inside it, which presumably makes it more lucrative for them to own it. But now they want some developer's "stream" of income for support? NO, just no! Stand on your own, or if you made a bad business decision, then sell the Hamilton-Holly house to someone who knows what they're doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-67628479177717689622019-02-12T14:25:25.837-05:002019-02-12T14:25:25.837-05:00The world is being engineered to remove the human ...The world is being engineered to remove the human element to make way for the Generalized Sociopath, empowered by technology and debt. Everything makes more sense when you realize this is a Debt Society. This is how a Debt Society works. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88619986219127015102019-02-12T14:16:40.381-05:002019-02-12T14:16:40.381-05:00This is about neighborhood context and compliment!...This is about neighborhood context and compliment! Not the NYU and Cooper Union tasteless monsters already imposed. Glad the Holly-Hamilton is cleaned up a bit yet the new owners are playing in this bait and switch game. This condo can carry itself as seen in the PDF for many years to come. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14750566249621196862019-02-12T13:08:06.911-05:002019-02-12T13:08:06.911-05:00"it grants a dedicated stream of maintenance ..."it grants a dedicated stream of maintenance funding to a historic landmark"<br /><br />This is a scam by the developer, the new owners of the Hamilton building new it was landmarked and took the responsibility to maintain it. Citizens do not need private developers to provide maintenance money our historic buildings that's what our government and not for profits do, this is how we keep control over of neighborhoods and our city. Nothing is for free when you are making d deal with greedy developer, they will always get the better deal don't fall for it.noble neolanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721532867336440260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-10319520729249242452019-02-12T12:16:59.271-05:002019-02-12T12:16:59.271-05:00The landmark was already restored, and is owned by...The landmark was already restored, and is owned by deep pockets, so this is just a big money office tech grab that would further negatively pressure the residential neighborhood with yet more tech offices. They would be fine with their original 5 story filing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18452264243424093582019-02-12T11:45:31.556-05:002019-02-12T11:45:31.556-05:00Any ideas about how to pronounce REEC? Is it WRECK...Any ideas about how to pronounce REEC? Is it WRECK and/or WREAK???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-8537515999564494332019-02-12T11:38:37.483-05:002019-02-12T11:38:37.483-05:00This proposal seems fine to me––it grants a dedica...This proposal seems fine to me––it grants a dedicated stream of maintenance funding to a historic landmark and adds context to the NYU and Cooper dorms right next door. My concern is more that the GVSHP is angling to lop off 5 stories here for nothing in return.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14499162415654829815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85117041818513819002019-02-12T10:44:32.367-05:002019-02-12T10:44:32.367-05:00That "funky old building" is from the 18...That "funky old building" is from the 1820/30's known as the Astor Place Hotel with lots of history. At least we need the 8foot sidewalk setback put back in place and a cleanup of the building itself!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21188623091097355272019-02-12T09:30:55.602-05:002019-02-12T09:30:55.602-05:00This sucks. That corner was the visual gateway to ...This sucks. That corner was the visual gateway to the East Village--the funky old building painted with stripes, etc., declared a welcome to a different sort of place--a place of artists, writers and musicians, who didn't lie down and automatically say "yes" to soulless conformity. New York City is a big place, but I've been wondering when the constant overdevelopment, erasure of history, evict-and-evokism (actually I don't think developers even bother to "evoke" anymore,), lack of aesthetic care and planning would finally get to a point where the city is actually not even itself anymore. I think we're getting to that point. Developers should beware that if they erase everything that actually made NYC what it was, people are not going to find the traffic, pollution, shitty infrastructure, lack of sun, nature, art or recreation worth it anymore. Why live in a NYC if you can live in a city that has the same exact glass-and-steel towers, same Target, same CVS, same Chick-fil-As, same everything, for cheaper? Part of me says, fuck it, build the ugly tower at the corner of St. Mark's because it may more accurately represent what the EV is becoming--a new gateway to a new desert of empty storefronts and greed and residents who seem to desire Appleby's and 7-11s more than bookstores and cafes and affordable restaurants and countercultural spaces and parks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com