tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post200997728860683166..comments2024-03-28T14:39:03.770-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Building that houses Bowlmor Lanes will convert to condos, like everywhere else around hereUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56144588516650539312014-06-05T11:40:49.332-04:002014-06-05T11:40:49.332-04:00Oh god, not Bowlmor!
Oh god, not Bowlmor! <br />cotacrimebusterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509668067674749290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-8636954859192300592014-03-18T07:25:02.155-04:002014-03-18T07:25:02.155-04:00Humans are waking to the nasty Dirty Harry Reid re...Humans are waking to the nasty Dirty Harry Reid reptoid, nazi peosi, hitlery the evil hermaphrodite destruction of human neighborhoods, obamas you'll never see the drones coming, human eater, alciada FBI, Intel center, mccains hanging rituals,c 911, Harlem bldg nuclear depopulation program agenda, deblasios bad communist transitions, not good for humans. Marriott riots, sheratons, hyatts, sue the government when victimized. Illegal real estate land grabs, surveillance grids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88516051284282955632014-02-21T15:01:35.836-05:002014-02-21T15:01:35.836-05:00It's not Bowlmor that's really going to be...It's not Bowlmor that's really going to be missed. It's University Place - once a fairly quiet and contained little strip in the midst of chaos, which will now be just like everyplace else. There are fewer and fewer places - and fewer and fewer times - where and when on can take a walk in the city and just chill. The Meat Market is gone. The Village is gone. The West Side is gone unless you want to cut your way through a wall of European tourists on the High Line. The river is gone, unless you want to get run over by some ahole on a $2,500 bike. It's all going and soon it will all be gone. But tourists and wealthy residents will have everything they need. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-79777882443179742582014-02-20T21:38:53.981-05:002014-02-20T21:38:53.981-05:00What about Japonica, and the newsstand? I've b...What about Japonica, and the newsstand? I've been going to Stromboli's for over 30 years. They'll probably put in a Duane Reade and Bank of America in the storefronts and ruin everything that makes University Place a real street with people who know you and have watched your kids grow up. This is really heartbreaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38612256516855516142014-02-09T22:48:35.500-05:002014-02-09T22:48:35.500-05:00If people stopped buying these condos, developers ...If people stopped buying these condos, developers would stop building them. Just saying.<br /><br />There are many buildings and institutions that are worth mourning. A parking garage and WAY overpriced bowling alley are not high on that list.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81068952006986094192014-02-08T11:55:23.245-05:002014-02-08T11:55:23.245-05:00The "real" Stromboli Pizza died many, ma...The "real" Stromboli Pizza died many, many years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58041264035521184772014-02-08T08:58:02.920-05:002014-02-08T08:58:02.920-05:00THE REAL QUESTION IS: Does anyone know the fate of...THE REAL QUESTION IS: Does anyone know the fate of Stromboli Pizza? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59899849216820695212014-02-07T20:12:49.987-05:002014-02-07T20:12:49.987-05:00It's bad enough to saturate every square foot ...It's bad enough to saturate every square foot with "luxury" apartments, but WHY must they be so fucking UGLY????chris flashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16732572933401463282014-02-07T17:34:23.862-05:002014-02-07T17:34:23.862-05:00BowlMor is/was a Village institution, a destinatio...BowlMor is/was a Village institution, a destination for countless class/group/organization trips as well as a place where families took their kids to go bowling. Great memories of BowlMor - Stromboli outings in the 60's and 70's. I realize that times and tastes have changed.. I remember "disco" bowling, and who knows what else as the place tried to cater to the changing times. I didn't know that they opened other locations, as I haven't been bowling in decades, but I guess time marches on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78955749910981063392014-02-07T17:05:57.261-05:002014-02-07T17:05:57.261-05:00We used to have a roller skating rink, too... the ...We used to have a roller skating rink, too... the Roxy. WE all know how that shook out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45421263677562136052014-02-07T15:07:42.743-05:002014-02-07T15:07:42.743-05:00In the early 1970's (1976 through early 1980&#...In the early 1970's (1976 through early 1980's), I would go to Bowlmor often with my parents. I remember there was a very nice Asian man named Jimmy who was the elevator attendant. Bowlmor will me missed by Native New Yorkers, like myself, and a loss of a New York treasure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23795319920100589362014-02-07T14:51:12.912-05:002014-02-07T14:51:12.912-05:00(a) Bowling was always a NYC urban pastime...ask R...(a) Bowling was always a NYC urban pastime...ask Ralph and Ed.<br /><br />(b) Bowling was and is a pro sport. (went out w/ a pro bowler...it's a serious enterprise.)<br /><br /> (c) most everything around here had an "ordinary" phase. Somewhere along the line, things changed to "luxury" vs. "empty". hmmm...why? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-86404402354392990402014-02-07T14:09:23.055-05:002014-02-07T14:09:23.055-05:00Haha "elegant and respectful of the neighborh...Haha "elegant and respectful of the neighborhood." That's some whomp-whomp-who's-your-daddy ugly d-bag architecture if I ever saw it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72390582047981777872014-02-07T12:48:05.482-05:002014-02-07T12:48:05.482-05:0012:30, I don't think bowling was ever a "...12:30, I don't think bowling was <i>ever</i> a "serious sport" ;) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48948202871628453752014-02-07T12:30:06.145-05:002014-02-07T12:30:06.145-05:00Bowlmor used to be a gritty bowling alley for bowl...Bowlmor used to be a gritty bowling alley for bowlers. Bowling is more a lounge/drinking/corporate party activity in the city now, not a serious sport. Bowlmor tried to morph into that position, but it's better suited in Midtown than down in the Village.<br /><br />Leisure Time lanes in the Port Authority also used to be a dive alley, but shifted to the bar scene alley. The Chelsea Piers lanes too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-918143057733024812014-02-07T12:03:10.837-05:002014-02-07T12:03:10.837-05:00"Cementitious". What a fucking fantastic..."Cementitious". What a fucking fantastic word.Makeoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58699704404626726632014-02-07T11:50:33.415-05:002014-02-07T11:50:33.415-05:00I didn't know Jack's Bistro had closed, I ...I didn't know Jack's Bistro had closed, I used to love that place. Time to scratch yet another place off the list of things to visit when I come back.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.meanwhilebackinpeoria.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44309822189839847682014-02-07T10:36:17.405-05:002014-02-07T10:36:17.405-05:00For the 30 years I have lived downtown this mini n...For the 30 years I have lived downtown this mini neighborhood around University place has seen some changes in business' but not so much in new construction. It's a mature place with building going back to 1900 and the antique stores on 10th and 11th have been prospering for decades. This new construction shows that no neighborhood is safe from an invasion of glass and steel luxury condo's and the extinction of small businesses. As others here have already said when the Island is just a gate community for the rich what will those people do when they leave their condos, get waxed while drinking something from Starbucks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23427952359371284622014-02-07T10:23:28.219-05:002014-02-07T10:23:28.219-05:00It's a great space (inside) but a huge bowling...It's a great space (inside) but a huge bowling alley was never good for such a small, dense neighborhood and the building is an eyesore. Bowlmor took over the Chelsea Piers spaces and also has a Times Square location - I'll go there to bowl...which isn't a lot these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39678166037194537032014-02-07T10:13:16.253-05:002014-02-07T10:13:16.253-05:00We need more luxury housing like we need a hole in...We need more luxury housing like we need a hole in the head, but I'm sorry, nothing is more corny and lame and suburban than <i>bowling.</i> Bowlmor tried to be some sort of hipster bowling place with their American Apparel ads and whatnot, but people who went there are on par with the bachelorette parties at Lucky Cheng's. It's not like we're losing a roller rink (how I wish we had a roller rink).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71780898688029041612014-02-07T09:43:38.076-05:002014-02-07T09:43:38.076-05:00Is it true that they use the exact same wax to lub...Is it true that they use the exact same wax to lubricate the Bowlmor lanes that they use to remove unwanted hair at the European Wax Center?Giovannihttp://urbanmyths.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56219634229889166232014-02-07T09:43:18.051-05:002014-02-07T09:43:18.051-05:00As distinctive as the service island on an interst...As distinctive as the service island on an interstate. I hope they are getting massive tax breaks leftover from bloomberg!!!!nygrumpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-87540371228099653702014-02-07T09:41:29.102-05:002014-02-07T09:41:29.102-05:00LA is sounding better and better!LA is sounding better and better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37758386301797926822014-02-07T09:30:00.122-05:002014-02-07T09:30:00.122-05:00Aren't you glad you don't own an apartment...Aren't you glad you don't own an apartment? You're free to move to New Jersey! Or Iowa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-76401317870603302042014-02-07T09:21:13.673-05:002014-02-07T09:21:13.673-05:00i would happily move into parking garage above bow...i would happily move into parking garage above bowlmor right now; its an awesome building! why they always gotta make everything look so boring?!? boooooooooooooo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com