Monday, February 6, 2012

Noted

This afternoon, Gothamist has an item plucked from the Times real-estate section this weekend... In a letter to the paper, Frank M. on East 28th Street makes his case for a new name for Kips Bay.

Being both underrated and generally affordable ... Kips Bay is a superbly innocuous neighborhood close to -- well -- almost all of the hip neighborhoods that are both overrated and expensive. ... We are trying to get Kips Bay renamed "NoEVil" (North of the East Village) to capture its cachet -- but without having to pay for it.


UPDATED:

Our apologies... we didn't see that Alex had this item this morning at Flaming Pablum! With a Television reference!
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8 comments:

  1. BagelGuyFebruary 6, 2012 at 4:02 PM

    Dopey.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    UEV--Upper East Village

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  3. Marty WombacherFebruary 6, 2012 at 5:05 PM

    How about "Snoozevil?"

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  4. LvVFebruary 6, 2012 at 5:29 PM

    Sorry, 4:54, but "UEV" is taken already, by residents north of Tompkins (10-14th Sts.), to distinguish ourselves from our neighbors to the south. We fight the Superdives, they fight the Le Souks. They get on the F/V train in the morning; we ride the L. Or something. In any case, real estate dweebs will have to pry "UEV" from my cold, dead upper-Ave-A hands.

    Kips is from 23rd to 34th so I don't even know what this Frank M. guy is nattering on about. If he's thinking of East 14th to 23rd, I'd imagine that the lucky residents of that area are grateful that their quiet neighborhood hasn't been given some dumb portmanteau yet, and if pressed would probably just call themselves "Gramercy east."

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  5. Jeremiah MossFebruary 6, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    Gothamist plucked that from me, who plucked it from Alex at Flaming Pablum.

    just saying.

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  6. glammaFebruary 7, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    i gagged when i read that. noevil?
    seriously, f*ck off.

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  7. Her, Suzanne76February 7, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    I like the "snoozEvil" suggestion ...also how about "NIL" for NOTHING INTERESTING LOCATION?

    also- in addition to the nice folks on 14-23 being called 'Gramercy East", i've seen they are also being called "East Village Adjacent" in recent real estate listings.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2012 at 9:30 PM

    Is should revert to "Rose Hill"
    It's what it was called when I moved in 30 years
    Ago . 32nd-26th bet. 2nd and 3rd general
    Area.
    Most people think its part of Murray hill -
    But Murray Hill ends at 34th st.
    Or LoMu - lower Murray hill

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