tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post6909512567641933833..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: 51 Astor Place Death Star more Death Starry than previously thoughtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55591829985084842542012-06-18T21:00:13.239-04:002012-06-18T21:00:13.239-04:00Makes me think more of the monolith in Kubrick'...Makes me think more of the monolith in Kubrick's 2001. I wonder if it will have a similarly violent effect on the natives.<br /><br />- East VillagerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-82918630288861712782012-02-27T07:51:24.007-05:002012-02-27T07:51:24.007-05:00A stunning achievement: This design is even uglier...A stunning achievement: This design is even uglier than the prior design, originally considered the ugliest possible building in the world.<br /><br />- East VillagerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-75213085581572605852012-02-23T15:41:01.414-05:002012-02-23T15:41:01.414-05:00To Anonymous that says"It's actually much...To Anonymous that says"It's actually much smaller than the office building to the west and will have a similar tenant mix, which seems to fit in with the downtown crowd. How many midtown buildings are 12 stories? Change happens."<br />Really? What are you the developer or a relation of some sort to it? Downtown Crowd? What the Downtown Wallstreet crowd? Be real, this sucks and anyone that knows what NYC should be knows it does. Change is great but this is a sorry excuse for it. If you want and support this kind of change you should petition for this crap to go up in your own little whitebread suburban hometown and stay out of NYC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44859545934809588112012-02-21T12:55:37.767-05:002012-02-21T12:55:37.767-05:00oh my god. i feel sick to my stomach. this is ou...oh my god. i feel sick to my stomach. this is outrageously wrong and will surely continue to only destroy the character of the east village with the corporate kiss of deathglammanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31258877426256046482012-02-16T12:36:23.909-05:002012-02-16T12:36:23.909-05:00cw! describes it perfectly. It is a "massive ...cw! describes it perfectly. It is a "massive urban tombstone."Ken from Ken's Kitchennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-74939574277212174882012-02-16T09:10:56.472-05:002012-02-16T09:10:56.472-05:00WIN!!! Can't wait until this building is compl...WIN!!! Can't wait until this building is completed. Then, I look forward to even more dirty NIMBY crying. Eat it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35391065098604022072012-02-16T07:52:44.547-05:002012-02-16T07:52:44.547-05:00It's actually much smaller than the office bui...It's actually much smaller than the office building to the west and will have a similar tenant mix, which seems to fit in with the downtown crowd. How many midtown buildings are 12 stories? Change happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-8312751261764611172012-02-16T07:51:10.212-05:002012-02-16T07:51:10.212-05:00@ Mark & Jeremiah
Exactly.
I expect some of ...@ Mark & Jeremiah<br /><br />Exactly.<br /><br />I expect some of those little shops and kiosks that are left on St. Mark's Place to become a Pret A Manger, Bread Factory, Ranch 1, etc., for office workersEV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-61722570466030635102012-02-16T07:45:24.806-05:002012-02-16T07:45:24.806-05:00a midtown building filled with midtown people.
h...a midtown building filled with midtown people. <br /><br />here come the tech corporations, advertising firms, etc., and the people who go to work in that building will have an impact on the neighborhood. they will drive demand for new businesses, a new landscape, that suits their needs.<br /><br />so, when you think the social impact, it's even worse than it looks.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6621170625991693762012-02-15T20:41:33.651-05:002012-02-15T20:41:33.651-05:00This is terribly upsetting and strange. A midtown...This is terribly upsetting and strange. A midtown building just throw in there. SO awkward and sad. What the fuck. It's so weird that this is my home but things keep feeling out of place. This is just so incredibly out of scale and strange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28866301557796143322012-02-15T20:11:36.733-05:002012-02-15T20:11:36.733-05:00I'm just waiting for it to fire its death ray ...I'm just waiting for it to fire its death ray and turn everything between second and third ave into Pret's, Hale and Hearty's, and perhaps an Equinox or two.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36303863842031483372012-02-15T18:21:49.386-05:002012-02-15T18:21:49.386-05:00The Hound @ 1:52PM :
Haha...eye patch and all.The Hound @ 1:52PM :<br /><br />Haha...eye patch and all.Uncle Waltiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07611991976897184311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-7649358031268759332012-02-15T17:47:33.049-05:002012-02-15T17:47:33.049-05:00I'm sorry. I'm distracted by the vomit in ...I'm sorry. I'm distracted by the vomit in my mouth...Dying On Bar Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598881137734780625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9305518345548854352012-02-15T15:46:28.401-05:002012-02-15T15:46:28.401-05:00Richard, please write the forward to my book... wh...Richard, please write the forward to my book... whenever I write one.. and on whatever topic you wish!!!Ate too many paint chipsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58862086428039603492012-02-15T15:01:24.033-05:002012-02-15T15:01:24.033-05:00@Richard
Ha!@Richard<br /><br />Ha!EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60137501006226878912012-02-15T14:54:24.046-05:002012-02-15T14:54:24.046-05:00It dwarfs its surroundings and is actually less ap...It dwarfs its surroundings and is actually less appealing than the building it replaces -- something many previously thought impossible.<br /><br />On the upside, now the herbivorous primates of the East Village will finally learn how to use the femur of an antelope to crack open the skulls of tapirs and become omnivores, ensuring their future evolution into humanity. Later, their remote descendants will discover an exact duplicate of 51 Astor Place buried on the Moon.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43031048482104544322012-02-15T13:53:07.831-05:002012-02-15T13:53:07.831-05:00I thought we all realized modernism is the worst d...I thought we all realized modernism is the worst decades ago.<br /><br />What the fuck?Satanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818350630683449763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64941372535179433122012-02-15T13:52:32.615-05:002012-02-15T13:52:32.615-05:00Makes you wish Spacely's face was still starin...Makes you wish Spacely's face was still staring out over the intersection....The Houndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328225246284521960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37177340592213814142012-02-15T13:43:38.131-05:002012-02-15T13:43:38.131-05:00Can we just leave the lot vacant like it is now?Can we just leave the lot vacant like it is now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-76093111351821862132012-02-15T13:37:59.075-05:002012-02-15T13:37:59.075-05:00damn, that thing is straight out of Midtown circa ...damn, that thing is straight out of Midtown circa 1961.BBnet3000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66223660716852703742012-02-15T12:53:31.418-05:002012-02-15T12:53:31.418-05:00They should call it "Darth Vadar Hall"They should call it "Darth Vadar Hall"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32100284305315718722012-02-15T12:37:56.048-05:002012-02-15T12:37:56.048-05:00Grieve, I find your lack of faith disturbing.Grieve, I find your lack of faith disturbing.esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20702933362305256212012-02-15T12:24:00.953-05:002012-02-15T12:24:00.953-05:00This is going to make me reread Tom Wolf's &qu...This is going to make me reread Tom Wolf's "From Bauhaus to Our House" and get really angry about modern architecture again.<br /><br />The saddest is seing how nice Astor Place is all open now and imagining a lovely park there. I guess being enveloped by the shadow this massive urban tombstone is the second best possibility.cw!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08878442714550421345noreply@blogger.com