tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post8703140788314039391..comments2024-03-17T17:11:59.147-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: Stuy Town Redo, Part 2 or... Wake up, TA!Stuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-66203621368254686032012-06-27T01:54:29.487-04:002012-06-27T01:54:29.487-04:00As far as I can tell, the TA has already lost.
...As far as I can tell, the TA has already lost. <br /><br /> We lost our DHCR credit, no scintilla of communication has been made about the purchase, and again our inflated market (or even over market in some cases) rents are being used to renovate the just renovated areas of Stuytown while things like Laundry rooms and playgrounds lie in waste. <br /><br /> The longer this process takes, the stronger the NYC real estate market becomes, the more likely a big player would come in and scoop up the parcel for another round of insane rent hikes. If that happens, for me, it is BYE BYE to Stuytown. I knew ye well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-12249243414156427782012-04-26T09:48:48.083-04:002012-04-26T09:48:48.083-04:00"Dogs are all over this city, what are you ta..."Dogs are all over this city, what are you talking about? You sound very silly."<br /><br />Since I have no reason to doubt you are a person of at least average intelligence, you must be relatively new here. Complaining about dogs at sty town would indeed be silly as there are in fact dogs all over the city. However, there was a time in the not so distant past that this wasn't the case. This was a quiet place, free from the barking, piss, and crap. This is the source of all the dog consternation. To the extent that this was the case I fail to see the relevance of your statement. Now, tell me "tough shit", or "deal with it", or "I don't really give a shit about your quality of life" and I could understand. I wouldn't expect anything more, but to say that dogs are all over the city and i sound silly because of that fact is simply inane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-64392577567507525122012-04-24T07:27:59.018-04:002012-04-24T07:27:59.018-04:00You really hate your fellow neighbors, don't y...You really hate your fellow neighbors, don't you? It must be awful to leave your apartment and encounter the rest of us in the elevator and using your oval. I think the word misanthrope would apply here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-52384184064057648012012-04-23T12:49:18.223-04:002012-04-23T12:49:18.223-04:00My problem with dog owners beyond the pooh and pee...My problem with dog owners beyond the pooh and pee issues is the noise the dog walkers make. Not the dogs but the dog walkers. They have no problem holding a 20 to 30 minute conversation about their little pooches right outside another tenants window. They bloviate for hours without any regard to the time of day or night or any consideration that there may be someone trying to sleep behind that window that is 5 feet away. I think management needs to stop this or buy air conditioners for all tenants on the ground floors and upgrade their apartments at the owners expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-91818437884354390502012-04-23T11:22:27.410-04:002012-04-23T11:22:27.410-04:00Dogs are all over this city, what are you talking ...Dogs are all over this city, what are you talking about? You sound very silly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-29753002009876662662012-04-22T20:13:57.179-04:002012-04-22T20:13:57.179-04:00"I like the dogs. Truly."
Now there'..."I like the dogs. Truly."<br /><br />Now there's a germane comment. Do you also like crap and piss all over the lawn? Do you like getting woken up by barking at all hours of the night?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-6001090634360783382012-04-21T21:00:46.130-04:002012-04-21T21:00:46.130-04:00I've lived here since 1978. In both Stuy Town...I've lived here since 1978. In both Stuy Town and Peter Cooper. There is absolutely no question that since Met sold to Tishman-Speyer the appearance of the place has gone down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-77585268811013836002012-04-21T20:48:58.239-04:002012-04-21T20:48:58.239-04:00"I like the dogs. Truly."
I have to say..."I like the dogs. Truly."<br /><br />I have to say that I do as well. They really add a wonderful character to the community. I also think that most of their owners do the right thing and clean up appropriately.<br /><br />Some don't and they are the problem. They should be singled out and not the responsible owners. Most long time tenants know that there were secret dogs here for many years and there were no problem. Reason being their caretakers were appropriately careful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-59774718496691645162012-04-21T16:41:58.938-04:002012-04-21T16:41:58.938-04:00I think we continue to peak in terms of the pervas...I think we continue to peak in terms of the pervasiveness of "marginal residents" and general property decay. <br /><br />Anyone who thinks things were worse here in 1995 than today, didn't actually live here in 1995.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-54797435881723132482012-04-21T16:11:22.099-04:002012-04-21T16:11:22.099-04:00I like the dogs. Truly.I like the dogs. Truly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-78183156276153726762012-04-21T14:03:19.770-04:002012-04-21T14:03:19.770-04:00I've been here since 1980 and I assure you tha...I've been here since 1980 and I assure you that Stuyvesant Town was never a dump until TS took over. The neighboring area was a dump, filled with drugs and lowlifes, but Stuyvesant Town was NOT part of that. In fact, it stood out as being most definitely NOT part of that. The "marginal" people you speak of probably did not live here because Management had certain standards for who they allowed to live here. You had to be a gainfully employed person with good credit record and the inspected the place you were leaving to see what kind of tenant you would be.<br />Also, since I first moved in (September 1980) Ramon has been hitting me up on a regular basis and his grandmother has died no end of times! LOL! He's a harmless pest left over from the old 'hood that bordered the development.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-58813612377377486742012-04-21T13:50:13.424-04:002012-04-21T13:50:13.424-04:00There's something coming up that may alleviate...There's something coming up that may alleviate dogs doing their "thing" in many areas of the complex. I may post on this tomorrow.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-40645956573351079582012-04-21T13:49:00.878-04:002012-04-21T13:49:00.878-04:00Whatever was good about Stuy Town is long gone and...Whatever was good about Stuy Town is long gone and will never be restored. It wasn't a dump in the 90s or any other time. It became a dump when Met Life sold it. What happened was criminal but real-estate people never have to own up to anything. They can and will do what they want and then when they're overwhelmed they can walk away. Garodnick is a two-faced weasel. He's out for himself and his personal greedy goals. "For residents and their guests" is bs. Look at the grounds. Look at the laundry rooms and carriage rooms. It's a horror.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-84018208324828366232012-04-21T13:14:26.713-04:002012-04-21T13:14:26.713-04:00I absolutely agree about the place having gone dow...I absolutely agree about the place having gone downhill since Tishman-Speyer. Some of the landscaping decisions were really bad. All the attempts to have grass by laying down expensive sod failed. Now the grassy areas are patchy at best, filled with weeds or completely barren. Allowing dogs was a terrible decision. Originally, the rule was no dogs on the grass and no dogs over knee-high. Now there are dogs of all sizes and the very first place their owners take them is straight onto the grass where they do their do-dahs. So long as this keeps happening, the grass will always look bad. No amount of chemical lawn maintenance can change that. All I can say is that if this place goes condo, you're going to see a lot more of the same. There is no ability to enforce QOL standards under a condo arrangement. Under co-op rules you at least have some fighting chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-56930104551614686972012-04-21T12:39:37.946-04:002012-04-21T12:39:37.946-04:00I hope you're not considering working and midd...I hope you're not considering working and middle class tenants as "marginal residents." LOL.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-2780024646124417662012-04-21T12:37:33.772-04:002012-04-21T12:37:33.772-04:00I was here in the 1990s. It wasn't what you de...I was here in the 1990s. It wasn't what you describe.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-63412251900685228482012-04-21T12:33:54.413-04:002012-04-21T12:33:54.413-04:00In mid-late 90s, it was a dump. Dreary, lots of mu...In mid-late 90s, it was a dump. Dreary, lots of muggings, people who had seen better days/times, marginal residents. Or at least from my passerby view when I'd walk through and from what I heard. It does seem nicer now, albeit, potentially too student-filled, but that is a relatively new tactic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-91591416892825078582012-04-21T12:26:13.178-04:002012-04-21T12:26:13.178-04:00I don't think people are over-romanticizing St...I don't think people are over-romanticizing Stuy Town as it used to be under MetLife, aside from the usual patina of nostalgia that sets in to any memory. It was only a "real dump" when Tishman Speyer gave up on the property.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-40652077050523484992012-04-21T10:31:29.201-04:002012-04-21T10:31:29.201-04:00I"m with 8:33, I don't see how all this n...I"m with 8:33, I don't see how all this negativity is helping anything. We do need to be vigilant about the threat to our affordability, but you are all overly romanticizing the Stuytown of yore. It was a real dump there for a while and bordering on scary to walk through (when I lived nearby), dreary, run-down. I don't mind a bit of improvements as long as the LL follows the law. And I haven't seen anything to lead me to believe that Dan, a fellow resident with parents who live here as well, is some kind of traitor. I like the farmers market and the dogs and (some) of the younger people. I don't like some of the older grumpy people as much as I don't like some of the students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-79833345606316996382012-04-21T08:33:26.708-04:002012-04-21T08:33:26.708-04:00Seems like a lot of complaining regarding the grou...Seems like a lot of complaining regarding the grounds. I thought the ice rink this past winter was nice. It's nice to see older people walking about with their dogs, many first time owners. It seems with fencing going up around the SW portion, they are returning to the old chain links of yesteryear. When your about to complain, remember you were once young too! Please things are not that bad.Tommyboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-24190895796461770832012-04-21T07:52:49.002-04:002012-04-21T07:52:49.002-04:00Did you see the ugly "Dust Bowl" where t...Did you see the ugly "Dust Bowl" where the "Green market" is again to be?<br />A regular dog walk loaded with you know what in front of Playground 12. Hope that they don't put their greens on the trais organic ground.<br />Maybe green cement would be an answer to the problem?<br />Look the other way, Rose, and problems go away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-10122830472976939862012-04-20T23:44:01.668-04:002012-04-20T23:44:01.668-04:00The dogs bark but the caravan goes on.The dogs bark but the caravan goes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-48066536021550394462012-04-20T22:23:25.026-04:002012-04-20T22:23:25.026-04:00I'll try to post about the Green Market and Da...I'll try to post about the Green Market and Dan Garodnick tomorrow. And about the food trucks, which, according to T&V, will NOT be around except for special events.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-69088540381637208612012-04-20T16:18:59.815-04:002012-04-20T16:18:59.815-04:00I wont vote for Garodnick either.I wont vote for Garodnick either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-7682255711076543862012-04-20T15:22:23.879-04:002012-04-20T15:22:23.879-04:00I am so totally on board with what Anony 7.58 AM a...I am so totally on board with what Anony 7.58 AM and Anoy 11.30 AM said. Also, let’s see if CW Capital will set up a barricade so that interns will check the Greenmarket customers for their building ID’s. No wonder everyone hates politicians. I am going to vote, for Mayor, the current Mayor of 14th Street, Ramon! At least, when he hits me for a dollar, you know it’s going for a good cause. “Hey Joe, give me dollar, my mother, she sick!” Meanwhile, I am going to open a Klingon restaurant in my apartment. It will be open only for “residents and their guests”. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoOfjGqo5EY&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com