tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post271274006856953034..comments2024-03-28T13:07:39.342-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Workers on the clock at 250 E. Houston St.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32535599224909569432019-04-12T19:53:35.557-04:002019-04-12T19:53:35.557-04:00Oh, yes…Christodora has been known as "Yuppie...Oh, yes…Christodora has been known as "Yuppie Towers" for the entire time I've lived here; it looms large in every window of my apartment. My deceased roommate reminisced about how before the renovation of the Christodora into condos, he would often see flashlights panning up the stairwells as people ascended and descended the stairs there. <br /><br />In truth, squatters saved the Christodora house for its ultimate developer by fixing the roof. Current residents there aren't able to use the pool in the basement because there's a stipulation in the deed that the pool must be for community use—having been originally used by P.S. 64 students—and it's scandalous to think of it being used by the rif-raf of the neighborhood rubbing elbows with the elite Christodora residents.Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14065802682704336492019-04-11T22:39:18.448-04:002019-04-11T22:39:18.448-04:00The first beachhead in the real estate developer i...The first beachhead in the real estate developer invasion of the neighborhood. Thank you "I am not yuppie scum" Michael Rosen. The Lenin statue was his idea to add something that he thought would deflect criticism of his high end [for that time] development, on a side note Richard Johnson of Page 6 told me, when I was waging street war on gentrification , that he used to live nearby and could see the statue from his apartment. He said that when some Eastern European workers were doing work on his apartment they asked if he had a bazooka so they could blow up the statue.I never had a problem with the statue but at various points in time I thought the same about the building and Christadora house which was also a Rosen gentrification beachhead.John Penleynoreply@blogger.com