tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7951214345717618530..comments2024-03-28T03:47:41.338-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Reading reviews of Tompkins Square Park on YelpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52738966479949714442009-10-19T22:07:32.130-04:002009-10-19T22:07:32.130-04:00Yes, I meant the Yelp comment. Sorry I wasn't ...Yes, I meant the Yelp comment. Sorry I wasn't specific.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-80305537505927650342009-10-19T21:56:34.035-04:002009-10-19T21:56:34.035-04:00Hi T.J.
I'm almost certain that she meant tha...Hi T.J.<br /><br />I'm almost certain that she meant that last review on Yelp... Her comment wasn't directed toward you.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59341939428263456022009-10-19T21:19:12.103-04:002009-10-19T21:19:12.103-04:00@ Goggla: Why am I a troll? Because I have an opin...@ Goggla: Why am I a troll? Because I have an opinion that differs from your snarky, selfish one? I simply feel that the EV does not belong to anyone specific. To exclude anyone from enjoying the EV is wrong.T.J. Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-60282283891496281142009-10-19T17:27:29.330-04:002009-10-19T17:27:29.330-04:00...a rendering...
Hmmm, that's not a bad idea......a rendering...<br /><br />Hmmm, that's not a bad idea. <br /><br />I'm a little swamped at the moment but maybe, if I get around to it in the next year or so, I'll send a drawing of how it might work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-46942148158650007072009-10-18T15:35:50.338-04:002009-10-18T15:35:50.338-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78904666459742076842009-10-16T10:19:11.481-04:002009-10-16T10:19:11.481-04:00@ anon 12:56 am.
Hmm, I kind of like your idea. C...@ anon 12:56 am.<br /><br />Hmm, I kind of like your idea. Curious to see a rendering of how this would work.... Crazy, yes, but...EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58962531118391289032009-10-16T10:08:31.775-04:002009-10-16T10:08:31.775-04:00When you begin to see parks being reviewed, you kn...When you begin to see parks being reviewed, you know it's time to leave NYC. Sure evidence that it's truly dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-7961386461844420762009-10-16T00:56:22.327-04:002009-10-16T00:56:22.327-04:00I'm old fashioned...what T.J. Moore said.
I l...I'm old fashioned...what T.J. Moore said.<br /><br />I like some other EV parks, Sauer and East River, for example, but I spend most of my park time at TSP. <br /><br />TSP has a more complicated lifestyle than some city parks. In addition to the obvious stuff that an observant tourist notices--the crusties, crazy regulars, junkies, and other tourists--and the stuff already mentioned, TSP has, oh, a pool, basket/hand/baseball, tai chi groups, drummers, kid birthday parties, neighborhood school elementary classes on recess, volunteer gardeners, a farmer's market, kids on wheels, school fairs, concerts, three playgrounds and a sprinkler park, dudes pumping iron, hawks, owls, the Cogswell Temperance Fountain, the Slocum memorial, the Hare Krishna tree, and random sculpture from old 6th Ave. And, the usual NYC public space stuff like lunchers, newspaper readers (all over 40 now so fewer at TSP than some parks), and walkers. <br /><br />I know it's nuts but I keep thinking: I'd love to see the park grow into Ave. A and Ave. B, even given the obvious work that would have to done to reroute traffic, etc. (Well, Union Sq. expanded into the street. And, the George Hecht Viewing Gardens grew up in the street. And, um, well, yes, it would require some doing. I know it's nuts. The Parks Dept. is more likely to, I dunno, turn the Temperance Fountain into a Shacklet and set up craft vendor stalls in the oval, at best, than get expansionist on our asses. )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-51340161995957631992009-10-15T21:47:59.394-04:002009-10-15T21:47:59.394-04:00Thanks for all the comments.
I love TSP too... No...Thanks for all the comments.<br /><br />I love TSP too... Now if the city will only rebuild the bandshell...but that's a post for another day.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20134918277153534572009-10-15T13:25:01.253-04:002009-10-15T13:25:01.253-04:00A couple of years back, a friend and I decided to ...A couple of years back, a friend and I decided to brown bag it in the park on a mild Saturday afternoon. It was one of the most relaxing and entertaining (and not in a lots mock the regulars sort of way) afternoons I had that entire year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-8984679005195086042009-10-15T13:15:26.742-04:002009-10-15T13:15:26.742-04:00the park has sure changed a lot since the days of ...the park has sure changed a lot since the days of tent city, but i still have a lot of fun in there talking to all the nutters and dog run folx..still the best park in the city.Eden Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09568918709989534443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9333050011098218782009-10-15T11:31:59.844-04:002009-10-15T11:31:59.844-04:00Contrary to what seems to be popular opinion: the ...Contrary to what seems to be popular opinion: the city parks are for EVERYONE. As an East Villager, I don't mind looking for a spot away from anyone I don't want near me, and that includes the chatty cathy who would probably feel more comfortable in the shake shack line, posing it up for some wannabe yuppie puppie. It's rather nice that all of the city is not a fashion show ... yet.editrrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11316299523717724844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-32859823479768880342009-10-15T11:08:54.597-04:002009-10-15T11:08:54.597-04:00That last review has got to be a troll...where do ...That last review has got to be a troll...where do these people come from? They can't possibly be from any urban area. Then again, I would think a tourist might find TSP absolutely fascinating.<br /><br />I love TSP on a Sunday afternoon and am just fine without Shake Shack Dude whining on the bench beside me. It's one of the best places for people/dog/bird watching.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3476557484497611602009-10-15T10:04:37.746-04:002009-10-15T10:04:37.746-04:00I can't find fault with these reviews. If you ...I can't find fault with these reviews. If you consider that the reviews are meant for people who have never visited the park -- not East Village residents -- you have to acknowledge that they're accurate and honest. It's true the park has homeless people, crusties, and weirdos. As East Villagers, we know that's the way it is. It's not particularly strange to us. Many guests/tourists, however, don't have that kind of element where they live, so it's unusual and scary to them. I can't criticize them for their perspective. I'd rather guests know that TSP is not a squeaky clean park than visit the park and be horrified by what they have never been exposed to.<br /><br />I love TSP. When I'm feeling down, I watch the dogs in the dog run (which is the best one in the city). I enjoy getting apples at the Sunday market and watching kids play basketball or street hockey. I love the Howl Festival activities. I could go on... My perspective on the park is as an East Village resident. It's not going to be the same as someone who lives elsewhere.T.J. Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-24534454740385742662009-10-15T09:17:55.117-04:002009-10-15T09:17:55.117-04:00And here I thought TSP was so incredibly gentrifie...And here I thought TSP was so incredibly gentrified compared to the old TSP. No tent cities, no needles all over the place, no open air toilet. And a kids' playground, for chrissakes. And privileged, obnoxious field hockey clowns on Sundays. <br /><br />Gee, ya just can't please some people.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91963791542807493742009-10-15T09:16:53.230-04:002009-10-15T09:16:53.230-04:00if the "mentally and/or chemically imbalanced...if the "<b>mentally and/or chemically imbalanced folks</b>" are described separately from "<b>the hobos, burnouts, stoners looking to score</b>", then does that mean that the mentally/chemically imbalance folks are the yuppies, fro-yo consumers, b&ts? or they could just be Noot and her posse.esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-4041816228929906932009-10-15T09:09:38.251-04:002009-10-15T09:09:38.251-04:00ha, these quotes are amazing.
"...where i ca...ha, these quotes are amazing.<br /><br />"...where i can eat my shake shack burgers and hang out with the designer dogs eating frozen custard."<br /><br />wtf?Bowery Boogiehttp://www.boweryboogie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-91728441981682246922009-10-15T07:55:34.604-04:002009-10-15T07:55:34.604-04:00"I don't want a park with "character..."I don't want a park with "character" when what I really want is to nap outside without worrying about being pissed on, touched, robbed, etc."<br /><br />This person should move out of the city and purchase a home someplace far out in the country. Then build a 15 ft. high security fence around the property. Should be safe to "nap outside" then. <br /><br />Obviously this is someone who is rather new to the city or they'd be GLAD the park is as tame as it is now compared to 20-25 years ago.<br /><br />Each time I'm in NYC (which isn't nearly often enough!) I make it a point to come down to TSP and spend a few hours soaking up the atmosphere and I've never regretted it...it's a beautiful place to see your fellow humans being human...NYCDreaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820396317001769970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68996644822995937222009-10-15T07:40:45.079-04:002009-10-15T07:40:45.079-04:00priceless!priceless!Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.com