[Tompkins Square Park yesterday, via Bobby Williams]
88-year-old old artist Taylor Meade has to live like this during the luxury renovation of his building (BoweryBoogie)
Judge tosses Bloomy's soda ban (Reuters)
Meet Pastor Richard Del Rio, who's running against Rosie Mendez (DNAinfo)
The end of the Rawhide (Jeremiah's Vanishing New York)
Great photos of when Domino was still a sugar factory (Curbed)
Controversial Bow already closes on the Bowery (Eater)
Norfolk Street synagogue won't tear itself down (The Lo-Down)
...and more from the No 7-Eleven chalkers last night on Avenue A...
Re: Judge tosses Bloomy's soda ban
ReplyDeleteGood to know that judges now see the regulation of consumables can be unconstitutional (as long as those consumables are sold by a strong lobbying association).
Awww, was this a shot to your ego? Sore Bloomberg is sore.
ReplyDeleteI'm OK with the soda ban. Shit, Coca-Cola is basically liquid Marlboros, making us all diabetic and heart-diseased and otherwise sick and tired at taxpayer expense to engorge the major shareholders of Big Food. How did defending our right to make ourselves sick eating shitty pseudo-food become a left-libertarian cause, any-fucking-way? Probably the same people who made defending the rights of rich motorists and commercial drivers to roadways unobstructed by bicycles a cause. Render unto Phillip Morris and Ford Motor Company fuckery, I say
ReplyDelete@anon 12:51 Because the soda ban is inconsistent. If some stores are exempt - like 7-Eleven - and others are not, what's the point? It gives stores like 7-Eleven an unfair advantage over other local businesses. They should all play by the same rules.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, Coke IS liquid Marlboros lol. AS a kid, I dipped a Brillo pad in it and used it to clean rust off my bike. Worked like a charm!
So according to the update on Taylor Meade, Councilmember Chin and Cooper Square paid him a visit to "assess the situation". What does that mean, what needs to be assessed, an 88 year old LES icon is living in squalor because of Ben Shaoul. How about helping him sue the living crap out of Shaoul? Why doesn't one of the LES artists who made it big and had some commercial success hire this nice man a lawyer? Seems like someone could do something here, other than assess the situation, but I guess when everyone is at the beck and call of the LES real estate developers, landlords, restauranteurs and hoteliers, that's how it goes. Is this what the LES has come to now -forget this man is an icon, what if he was your grandpa, would you let him be forced to live like this. The housing groups and the politicians need to stand up to Shaoul and his ilk.
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