Mr1988

Mr1988 t1_j8tyw9n wrote

Reply to comment by IllBookkeeper1892 in 24 Middagh Street, Brooklyn Heights, New York. (1925 vs. today) by libananahammock

I read a great article about NYC’s architecture. NY was know to remake itself, and people were generally happy with that because what came later was bigger, grander, more advanced, and more beautiful.

You really don’t get that now. You don’t get a piece of architecture that works well with its surroundings, or is pleasing to the eye. You get glass middle fingers that shut out everything that makes the city great. You lose the smaller commercial spaces that allow a mom and pop shop to do business, you lose contextuality, you lose affordable housing that can allow someone to save for a place.

The UES has a ton of development happening along 2nd ave, but I’d argue they’re tearing down the buildings that are interesting and help the neighborhood feel special, because they’re replaced by glass shards that have massive commercial spaces.

It’s not really better for anyone.

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Mr1988 t1_j8tr2pr wrote

Reply to comment by ThrowRAanyways2 in Here’s how I lived off of $23k last year. by ThrowRAanyways2

This is what I never understood. I had friends blowing most of their income to live in “nice neighborhoods” after college. I chose bushwick and it was great. Cheap food, cheap bars, friendly folks…the only negatives was that the L was barely running, and there are no good parks.

Who wants to live next to 13th step, 3 sheets, or the stumble inn

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Mr1988 t1_iy477u7 wrote

Reply to comment by JohnnnyCupcakes in Magnificent pictures of New York's old Penn Station before it was demolished, 1910-1963 by Hidethegoodbiscuits

She saved it! After what happened to Penn, people were rightfully pissed off. When it was found that there were similar plans for GCT, people MOBILIZED.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-02-05/the-surprising-role-jackie-kennedy-onassis-played-in-saving-grand-central

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