tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post618702280136839623..comments2024-03-19T04:15:46.480-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: Saturday, May 26Stuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-23912183110943216382012-05-28T22:15:42.103-04:002012-05-28T22:15:42.103-04:00The Bloombergization off Manhattan. No thought to...The Bloombergization off Manhattan. No thought to the detrimental long term affects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-10331196090167142772012-05-28T22:01:45.203-04:002012-05-28T22:01:45.203-04:00Hey, STR, I'm with you. That subway is a disas...Hey, STR, I'm with you. That subway is a disaster. I spend a good piece of time on the ues and it has destroyed lives and businesses. <br /><br />To your other point, after spending the last 25 years of my life as a pedestrian, I just bought a bike and i love it. I feel like a kid again. More people should do it and maybe they will now that lord Bloomberg has annointed the new citibike program. But that's another issue.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-65637116105740518162012-05-28T21:38:52.969-04:002012-05-28T21:38:52.969-04:00It will make this neighborhood more livable for AL...It will make this neighborhood more livable for ALL residents how? Get your ass walking to the Lex line or the L line if you have to use a subway. Or take a bus. Or bike around.<br /><br />You are also unaware of the dynamics in regard to mom-and-pop stores and tenant rents once a neighborhood goes "upscale" with a new subway line. First, mom-and-pop stores and small restaurants along 2nd Ave have great difficulty in staying alive during this massive and long disruption while the 2nd Ave subway is being built. Some are closing down. Once they close down, the entity who owns that store/building goes "upscale," perhaps even bulldozing the building and putting in a sliver monstrosity with a Starbucks, Duane Reade and Citibank/Chase on the ground floor. This is what Manhattan is turning into, if you haven't noticed.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-79181249910362100572012-05-28T19:33:42.289-04:002012-05-28T19:33:42.289-04:00I, for one, think anyone who's against mass tr...I, for one, think anyone who's against mass transit is a total idiot. The 2nd Ave subway might cost too much, might take too long, and might be disruptive while its being built, but will make this neighborhood vastly more livable for all residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-46047389099643926042012-05-28T11:17:42.939-04:002012-05-28T11:17:42.939-04:00>>STR--I have interpreted your photos to sho...>>STR--I have interpreted your photos to show petty complaints like, "look--the fence is crooked," or "see the color of that gravel, it should be brown, not white!" or posting photos of other residents sunbathing, without getting their permission first.<<<br /><br />I'm not aware of posting photos of just residents sunbathing, unless they are in the background to the photo I want.<br /><br />Regarding crooked fence posts, etc, surely these are nuanced comments and should be taken as such. I don't believe in the darkest black or the brightest white. The fencing needs to be there (a regrettable positive), but some of the posts have been sloppily positioned (an unfortunate negative). Same with the gravel at the farmers market. Something needed to be done to that space, which looked ugly and low-class, and something was done (a positive), but it did mandate a permanent and unfortunate change in the history of the Oval Lawn (a negative). I'm trying to advance my opinions with both the good and the bad, if possible.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-48160523206215130812012-05-28T09:26:47.384-04:002012-05-28T09:26:47.384-04:00The farmers market is not illegal, period.The farmers market is not illegal, period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-34798199286401136102012-05-28T09:25:47.653-04:002012-05-28T09:25:47.653-04:00STR--I have interpreted your photos to show petty ...STR--I have interpreted your photos to show petty complaints like, "look--the fence is crooked," or "see the color of that gravel, it should be brown, not white!" or posting photos of other residents sunbathing, without getting their permission first. <br /><br />If you meant them as paeons to Stuytown, I take it back, but I don't read a lot of love from the people here. Just complaints. <br /><br />You are right though, why do I keep reading? Maybe I am an optimist and am hoping I can get you all to see some sort of positive in your life and our home? Or just a masochist, lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-70860335864947704372012-05-27T22:14:18.257-04:002012-05-27T22:14:18.257-04:00"My italian descendants help build the subway..."My italian descendants help build the subway."<br /><br />That would be your children or their children. I think you mean "ancestors."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-10078959704478920592012-05-27T19:19:52.474-04:002012-05-27T19:19:52.474-04:00The farmers market in the Oval is illegal. Period...The farmers market in the Oval is illegal. Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-11560399150197978172012-05-27T19:17:45.768-04:002012-05-27T19:17:45.768-04:00Anon 5:32... You must not read this blog well if y...Anon 5:32... You must not read this blog well if you think I don't like living here. Even in the post that these comments are responding to, I've stated positive things about the complex. And, yes, I like those bamboo posts with a string running through them. So there! You also should note the photographs that I've taken throughout the years of the foliage and flowers here, and my outspokenness about keeping the natural, non-commercial elements of this complex in place, so that residents can find this a true oasis in Manhattan.<br /><br />But you want to spin this in one way, to the extreme, and so you invalidate whatever points you wish to make. You also seem to be unaware of the fight that goes on in New York over affordable housing and keeping a New York spirit alive, a spirit which I suspect is a little too gritty and unclean for your tastes. Either that, or you are a shill, and the same one (a single one) that's been making similar extreme comments on this blog. Considering how distasteful it must be for you to read the blog and many of its comments, why do you persist in wasting your time this way, in obvious pain?Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-31915434103905650892012-05-27T17:32:50.119-04:002012-05-27T17:32:50.119-04:00I don't understand what you want. You don'...I don't understand what you want. You don't want a subway, you don't want a farmers market, you don't want your own neighbor as your comptroller. Do you like anything? Seriously, do you like ANYTHING about this place?<br /><br />BTW, how do you think subways get built??? They don't magically happen. My italian descendants help build the subway. My grandfather used to bring his father his lunch in the tunnels. It does take some serious infrastructure disturbance for a while to create a better city. <br /><br />MOVE away if you don't want it. You're only going to get more miserable. It's done, it's here and you really need to face reality. Your old world is over. Seriously, you all are acting so bitter and malcontent. Just enjoy life, it's rally not that bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-27225054436826114762012-05-27T15:41:33.103-04:002012-05-27T15:41:33.103-04:00I will not vote for Dan G for any office.
He hel...I will not vote for Dan G for any office. <br /><br />He helped undermine the quality of life in ST.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-57508289415945513232012-05-27T15:25:42.727-04:002012-05-27T15:25:42.727-04:00No mention of the fire ants and deer ticks.No mention of the fire ants and deer ticks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-88201739447932009132012-05-27T15:21:52.685-04:002012-05-27T15:21:52.685-04:00Just in fairness, the 2nd Ave Subway had little to...Just in fairness, the 2nd Ave Subway had little to do with Garodnick save for the fact that he represented the district during it's construction. Remember, they started digging the tunnel when ? 1970's ? It's been forever. And BTW, I think it should have been built to run the whole length of the island. The Lex is far too overcrowded. They should have found the money to do it all at once. Yes, it would have been a major disruption, but would have been a serious benefit to the island, way more than the bike lanes.<br /><br />But I think everyone should be careful about supporting a politician who seems to mostly provide lip service to the community and certainly seems more interested in self aggrandizement before our interests at large. He sold out Stuy on pressure walls, Greenmarket and almost every other QOL issue that's been brought to his office, and I'm now supposed to assume that he has the best interests of the community as a whole going forward ??? And he and his family live in Cooper, so why does he give a crap what happens in the Oval ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-55123741288376667962012-05-27T14:52:24.386-04:002012-05-27T14:52:24.386-04:00Bloomberg is determined to crush all small busines...Bloomberg is determined to crush all small businesses in New York. They are going the way of the dinosaur and the 2nd Ave subway work is a way of destroying a whole bunch of them all in the same neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-25351779601352487822012-05-27T14:19:43.083-04:002012-05-27T14:19:43.083-04:00Why is it that I have the feeling that poster 1:13...Why is it that I have the feeling that poster 1:13 and poster 1:14 are one and the same? And let's throw in poster 1:11 to the same mix.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-87510859239806640762012-05-27T14:18:01.803-04:002012-05-27T14:18:01.803-04:00Who is "we"? I don't want, don'...Who is "we"? I don't want, don't need, the 2nd Ave subway. Its building has been a terrible experience for businesses along 2nd Ave and those who live in the neighborhood.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-16903094402479653772012-05-27T13:14:32.264-04:002012-05-27T13:14:32.264-04:00It's not his fault that the MTA's executio...It's not his fault that the MTA's execution of the subway is less than superior. We wanted and needed the subway and we're getting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-79160391631070008312012-05-27T13:13:03.714-04:002012-05-27T13:13:03.714-04:00I also am very psyched about the 2nd ave subway.I also am very psyched about the 2nd ave subway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-83974279605175670632012-05-27T13:11:53.921-04:002012-05-27T13:11:53.921-04:00I like the farmers market, so I certainly DON'...I like the farmers market, so I certainly DON'T want him advocating against it. It's not illegal, so stop complaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-18497327050371336882012-05-27T12:44:17.530-04:002012-05-27T12:44:17.530-04:00I think that Garodnick is a nice guy and certainly...I think that Garodnick is a nice guy and certainly personable. That doesn't mean that he's the right person to hold a higher position in NY politics, where you have to be a bit a of bastard, if not more than that, to deal with monied interests.<br /><br />But I do look askew at Garodnick for other things not yet mentioned here, and they have to do with Manhattan in general, not Stuy Town. His strong advocacy for the 2nd Ave subway has been a concern, as the subway has not been planned out well, and is already years late in the making, over-budget and a disaster to the communities it's being built through. Then there's his vote to let a real estate giant (that's now contributed heavily to his campaign) build a mammoth skyscraper in the center of midtown, a building that will block out one view of the iconic Empire State Building and alter the picture postcard look of Manhattan forever. Just on that issue, I will not vote for him for any office.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-9222631722248020652012-05-27T10:47:30.558-04:002012-05-27T10:47:30.558-04:00"He doesn't deserve your votes???? What? ..."He doesn't deserve your votes???? What? He's a neighbor, he's advocated for us, he's qualified...why are you being so spiteful and petty?"<br /><br />So you vote for him. I happen to think he has done very little for this community. He's too interested in a conversion to really take on Rose and CW over QOL issues. Fat lot of good he did as an advocate over the illegal greenmarket and illegal ice skating rink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-5824989002926881992012-05-27T10:37:27.940-04:002012-05-27T10:37:27.940-04:00Being an attorney, a neighbor and a City Council m...Being an attorney, a neighbor and a City Council member does not automatically qualify one for Comptroller. The proposed Garodnick trajectory is obvious. He will do 8 years, if necessary, as Comptroller and then on to running for Mayor or other higher office.<br /><br />Mr. Garodnick has advocated for the community on many issues but he has also demonstrated a notable lack of firmness in his backbone on other issues, particularly the greenmarket and, to some extent, the Oval rink where, for the first time ever, residents are charged for use of playground space.<br /><br />Assuming he gets the nomination, I don't know yet if he will get my vote for Comptroller. But his actions regarding the greenmarket will weigh heavily on that decision. After all, if he can't maintain a principled position and stand up to the likes of TS, CW and Rose, how can you expect him to be principled and stand up to the really big guys that the Comptroller deals with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-54993935026849833122012-05-27T10:13:14.369-04:002012-05-27T10:13:14.369-04:001,500 Trees, Shrubs, Grasses, and Perennials.... ...1,500 Trees, Shrubs, Grasses, and Perennials.... So, not all trees, it seems.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-34926881623399789912012-05-27T09:52:58.482-04:002012-05-27T09:52:58.482-04:001,500 new trees? Are we about to see a return of ...1,500 new trees? Are we about to see a return of the rape forests?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com