tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7259896305583183905..comments2024-03-28T20:31:02.883-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Oh hi: The 22-floor Bowlmor Lanes-replacing luxury buildingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59457050873947663802016-07-13T19:03:46.006-04:002016-07-13T19:03:46.006-04:00This is for 5:22
You're right. The affluent ...This is for 5:22<br /><br />You're right. The affluent mostly lived on the UES. The areas downtown were beacons of hope for the young, creative and open minded. Most of us are being pushed out now. NYC feels like a different place than when I moved here. The demographic has long changed and shifted throughout all the boroughs. Even in Brooklyn, where you couldn't have paid someone to live in places like Bed-Stuy and Williamsburg 12 years ago, is now more expensive and alluring than much of Manhattan, which is patently absurd. It is scary to imagine what and how this city is becoming. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88726552082215147222016-07-13T17:22:59.343-04:002016-07-13T17:22:59.343-04:00@9:55
It is true that there is always change and c...@9:55<br />It is true that there is always change and change is inevitable.<br /><br />But this is truly different - the extent and the swiftness with which authentic communities have been destroyed and real people pushed out by the forces of wealth and luxury real estate/financial sector. <br /><br />It truly is a demographic cleansing of the EV and numerous other parts of NYC. <br /><br />This change has significant social and political ramifications too - what happens to an area when it becomes a place for affluent transients, people who don't care and don't vote? When a community is destroyed? <br /><br />For decades, wealth was concentrated on the Upper East Side. And the rest of NYC was left alone. All that has changed and for a number of reasons - so now, the affluent have spread all over, in neighborhoods no one ever thought were in danger of the luxury tsunami.<br /><br />Where are people supposed to go? It is truly unbelievable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85385664539106031112016-07-13T16:19:36.056-04:002016-07-13T16:19:36.056-04:00http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-12/manhattan...http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-12/manhattans-billionaires-row-death-knell-just-tolled-luxury-real-estateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-89812623370607903042016-07-13T14:01:30.887-04:002016-07-13T14:01:30.887-04:004:50
This design is far from the Lever House. Lev...4:50<br /><br />This design is far from the Lever House. Lever House takes up a full block and the tower is on one end... Technically a setback but the building sits as a low slung structure on a full city block with a tower at one end. Brilliant design. And it work contextually amid all the highrises in the area. The University Place building is common and contextually out of place in a low rise neighborhood. cmarrtyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-47090486140151763732016-07-13T08:03:31.051-04:002016-07-13T08:03:31.051-04:00It's nice to be nice, 9:55. You are right, it&...It's nice to be nice, 9:55. You are right, it's done now.<br /><br />The issue is that after 12 years of lax zoning, there is no room for anyone who doesn't have a trust fund or hedge fund.<br /><br />Look around at the many empty retail storefronts. Look at the moving vans and air bnb portals. It's a simulation of NYC.<br /><br />You are too young to remember the city as it was and will never be again. This will be remembered as the decade that really defined the city's future. But you are right, it's too late to change it back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43017460792972744072016-07-13T07:42:56.201-04:002016-07-13T07:42:56.201-04:00Isnt the set back -- maximizing height -- to provi...Isnt the set back -- maximizing height -- to provide public space? Will that garden area be open to the public?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12813353873500661842016-07-12T21:57:47.197-04:002016-07-12T21:57:47.197-04:00At 6:57n PM, Anonymous said...
What a disappointm...At 6:57n PM, Anonymous said...<br /><br /><i>What a disappointment this mayor had turned out to be!!!</i><br /><br />Meet the new boss, same as the old boss…Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54025705159090837952016-07-12T21:55:38.387-04:002016-07-12T21:55:38.387-04:00Wow. So many negative comments on here. At this ...Wow. So many negative comments on here. At this juncture, nothing can be done. It is what it is. I am not a huge fan of the incoming tower, but I don't despise it. I am a graduate of The New School and walked up and down University for years. I have numerous memories of its quaintness and charm before the homogeny and gentrification invaded this neighborhood. It sucks in that this is just yet another illustration of how our beloved city is transforming on a daily basis before our eyes. I moved here in 2000 from LA. NYC is certainly not the place now that it was then. Even when I visited NYC during the early and mid 90's that was a different place than in 2000. Time moves forward. And things, buildings, and people change before and around us. We either have to adapt with these impending changes or we get left behind. I'd rather do my best to fight the anger and embrace the modernity than spew vitriol. After all, NYC will always be NYC. The most amazing city in the US. No developer can change that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55314624100272487392016-07-12T18:57:16.673-04:002016-07-12T18:57:16.673-04:00What a disappointment this mayor had turned out to...What a disappointment this mayor had turned out to be!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12273195762634677352016-07-12T17:44:37.759-04:002016-07-12T17:44:37.759-04:00@4:50pm: Please enlighten all of us: Tell us who ...@4:50pm: Please enlighten all of us: Tell us who REALLY does "control things".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60925006769813857322016-07-12T16:50:57.442-04:002016-07-12T16:50:57.442-04:00Well cmarrty, I suppose you'd like to tear dow...Well cmarrty, I suppose you'd like to tear down Lever House because according to you it is a horrible design with its set back and its pedestrian space. And anon 3:15, "yuppie scum"?? It's time for people on this blog to stop the knee-jerk reaction that all bad things are the fault of the "bros" (as if they really control things) and "yuppie scum." Not everything revolves around your hobby horses. But what a pleasure that EV Grieve exists for all of us to post our prejudices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81638617000356591862016-07-12T16:46:11.091-04:002016-07-12T16:46:11.091-04:00I went to Bowlmor once in 1990. Decent place. The ...I went to Bowlmor once in 1990. Decent place. The bowling alley at the Port Authority Bus Terminal was (bowling) leagues better.<br /><br />I've heard the BAs Chelsea Piers and Lucky Strike are nice. Are they the only BAs left in Manahattan now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-23884528708201232382016-07-12T15:26:04.117-04:002016-07-12T15:26:04.117-04:00The deep set back allows for a good amount of ligh...The deep set back allows for a good amount of light and air to reach street level. And yes, it makes the tower less imposing.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018698439789288968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14472258639339365462016-07-12T15:15:28.266-04:002016-07-12T15:15:28.266-04:00I'm living my EV nightmare. The yuppie scum h...I'm living my EV nightmare. The yuppie scum have won and it's worse than I ever could have imagined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-7670828360010543912016-07-12T12:20:20.783-04:002016-07-12T12:20:20.783-04:00These set-back buildings are horrible. New York lo...These set-back buildings are horrible. New York looks best and feels right when the buildings meets the street-line. The geometry is beautiful. Imagine Central Park West with a set-back building - worse than horrible.cmarrtyynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19938041306538812832016-07-12T12:02:44.616-04:002016-07-12T12:02:44.616-04:00@anon 11:36
So true!
Me thinking: "hmmm...w...@anon 11:36<br /><br />So true!<br /><br />Me thinking: "hmmm...what can i do with the ladyfriend tonight to save a buck...money is tight and I don't think I can do dinner...BOWLING, YES BOWLING IS FUN AND CHEAP!!!"<br /><br />Me leaving Bowlmor: "How the hell did bowling and a few beers run me 125 bucks. WTF." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395103573675446640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36150110001821806072016-07-12T11:41:57.103-04:002016-07-12T11:41:57.103-04:00Yep, that set-back makes the entire building magic...Yep, that set-back makes the entire building magically disappear.....can't even see it.....no prick tower here.....nabe blending at its best.....is there a building around here?.....can't see itDrBOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179469265158025584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91528458317183873062016-07-12T11:36:55.855-04:002016-07-12T11:36:55.855-04:00Overpriced, just like Bowlmor. Let's stop pret...Overpriced, just like Bowlmor. Let's stop pretending we were patrons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-16197408578007581622016-07-12T11:19:29.970-04:002016-07-12T11:19:29.970-04:00"The primary urban opportunities of the site ..."The primary urban opportunities of the site are to connect to the thriving pedestrian activity and contribute to the public’s experience of the streetscape."<br /><br />Can someone translate this? I don't speak douche.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9751455932669887272016-07-12T09:33:16.863-04:002016-07-12T09:33:16.863-04:00It is excellent that it is set back a lot after 2 ...It is excellent that it is set back a lot after 2 stories of retail base. The tower, however,itself, is ugly. It imposes ugly on the neighborhood, but at least it is not entirely a glass tower which would have been the worst. So I give it a B minus.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018698439789288968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-4443531271039730952016-07-12T09:29:11.690-04:002016-07-12T09:29:11.690-04:00Thanks, Giovanni, you help me smile through my tea...Thanks, Giovanni, you help me smile through my tears as I observe the transformation of our hood. Bracing myself for life among steel and glass and a wee bit of remaining grit to allow the illusion of "living on the edge."2nd Ave Silver Panthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91982813680000847962016-07-12T09:15:29.132-04:002016-07-12T09:15:29.132-04:00Wow... Has all of the beauty of a 1970s parking ga...Wow... Has all of the beauty of a 1970s parking garage...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48177548076020373252016-07-12T08:29:30.786-04:002016-07-12T08:29:30.786-04:00I'm intrigued by the architect's last name...I'm intrigued by the architect's last name: "Dorf" is German for village.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3867634362867607462016-07-12T08:08:30.867-04:002016-07-12T08:08:30.867-04:00@Giovanni - Duly disregarded. No need to wait.@Giovanni - Duly disregarded. No need to wait.Gojiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59348558799535969622016-07-12T07:40:40.195-04:002016-07-12T07:40:40.195-04:00My heart still hurts.My heart still hurts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com