Open Thread Wednesday

By on December 8, 2015 11:59 pm in open thread

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  • HereToStay

    Because the same people that are anti-development are the same ones that fought back in the day when roads needed to be built… One of the greatest city planners ever was cast in a negative light for eternity for wanting to help make a more modern city, part of which would include more roads…There is always going to be a place for preservation, but we also have to move forward, expand and even be experimental.

  • Remsen Street Dweller

    Sidewalk violations anyone? My small co-op fixed its front sidewalk about 5 years ago in order to address some violations. We just got a current notice mentioning violations. Anyone else hear from the DOT? Thanks.

  • DIBS

    One can hope he’s not really “HereToStay”

  • Rick

    Yep, you were right to know you’d regret asking that question! Now we have to listen to Robert Moses hero worship…

  • Maggie

    There are some very good reasons Moses has a less-than-stellar reputation.
    There is a place for preservation, there is a place for development, there is a place for experimentation, but all of these forces have to work together in order to create a functional whole. I don’t think Moses should be a reference point for how to work together effectively as he was more interested in his own personal power party.

  • NeighboorHood

    Bingo! I doubt anyone
    gives anything HeretoStay posts any credence by this point but he just outed
    him/herself. The savior of our city he claims was unjustly vilified is…Robert
    Fing Moses! (Yes THAT Robert Fing Moses). Here’s a brief description of the
    wonderful plan HeretoStay says we
    preservationists stupidly blocked (from Gothamist):

    “Robert Moses was not exactly known
    for having a light touch, ramming all sorts of highways and public works
    projects through the city without what many people would consider “due
    process” or “public consensus.”

    His most reviled
    undertaking, though, was his 1929 proposal for a 10-lane expressway called
    LOMEX, which would have ruthlessly bifurcated Soho and Little Italy by
    connecting the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges to the Holland Tunnel.”

    Got that? So the next time
    y’all read someone painting your neighbors who are trying to keep development
    responsible as “NIMBYs blindly against all change” picture a 10 lane
    highway through Soho and Little Italy (which of course wouldn’t then exist as
    you’ve known them).

  • Maggie

    It may be that while you fixed the sidewalk you never got the violation dismissed. Apparently you can contact 311 to request a Sidewalk Violation Dismissal which means they’ll come reinspect it to verify repairs were made.

  • Remsen Street Dweller

    Thank you! I will look into that.

  • HereToStay

    LOL: I love this. You all are so single-minded… Enjoy your bubble as the world moves on without you and you tell your grandkids about all the good you did. Live the dream!

  • HereToStay

    Please. Moses did incredible things for this City. And yes, because of the loony liberal base, he some things had to be forced through… Just part of life.

  • Maggie

    Yes, he did some great things. He also built lots of roads. Another part of life is the fact that just because one man wants to build as many roads as humanly possible doesn’t mean any opposition to his plan is loony. I hope you enjoy your time on the Cross Bronx Expressway.

  • DIBS
  • MaryT

    Indeed. One of the issues that came up was land stability, integrity. There may be not enough to support a large building. So there’s a history to why 101 Clark and 75 Henry are surrounded by open space. Anyone know more?

  • Brixtony

    That would be me, oh sacred keeper of the cultural flame.

  • Rick

    Yep, LOMEX would have killed whole neighborhoods, much like Moses’ ham-fisted BQE blocked off parts of Carroll Gardens and Red Hook from the rest of Brooklyn, the damage of which has taken decades to even begin to heal.

  • WillowL

    what is going in where andy’s/dumpling house was?

  • William

    Court St. lights are hideous, why can’t we do pretty white lights? So much better!

  • Jeffrey Smith

    Everybody lighten up…go to you tube and listen to the refreshments and their Christmas music….

  • http://selfabsorbedboomer.blogspot.com/ Claude Scales

    In fact, it went up today. Lighting is this coming Wednesday, I believe.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlsiLOnWCoI Arch Stanton

    Art is a means of recording history.

  • Teresa

    I love the Court St. holiday decorations, and I’m an observant Catholic. They’re bright and beautiful and artistic and original. Happy holidays!

  • Still Here

    Please, stay, Here To Stay!

  • StudioBrooklyn

    Tree stump art on Henry. I think its creator caught me admiring it.

  • alyssabereznak

    Thanks! “Hills Like White Elephants” is also fantastic though.

  • Andrew Porter

    Google Robert Moses, or read some of the histories of his redevelopment of Cadman Plaza, aka Fulton Street. Moses never met an old building he didn’t think should be torn down and replaced by a nice, tall modern tower.

    There’s also the long history of the tower-in-the-park concept, which people like Jane Jacobs considered anathema to the streetscape and a lively community.

    Here’s a photo of the Cadman Plaza area in 1955, as everything was being torn down to be replaced by highrises and the Cadman Plaza Park. The domed building in the distance was gorgeous, later torn down to be replaced by the Brooklyn Law School:

  • Andrew Porter

    Alas, replaced the wonderful vegetarian “Siggy’s”. And run by Chinese.

  • Andrew Porter

    I take the 2/3 train. Takes 20 minutes.

  • Andrew Porter

    I contacted the BHA. Whoever took over the space has done construction without getting any permits, painted the outside, replaced side windows. And there are trucks again parked in the back yard, which is an illegal use of the garden.

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