There have been several outages this week that I’m aware of. I believe there are free or low-cost services that ALERT whoever is responsible for “business continuity” that it’s absent. I’d like to think that

a) something like that *is* being used; and
b) the root cause of the outages has been tracked down … so that the “lights will stay on,” even when it’s raining.

https://twitter.com/fnole/status/1433249663814152192?s=21

Yes I’ll admit, the Arch has a checkered past. Though the beatings only made me stronger!

Also, I have to point out if cops “entice violence” is hooey, then the beatings you received must’ve been well deserved.

Everyone had window guards.

A woman in my building was raped: she lived on the first floor, they came in her window.

Gradually, things got better. But it took a long time…

But last night: sign in the elevator: don’t take elevator to basement because of flooding!

I leave you with a watery GIF:
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https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/msd-brooklyn-heights

Of one thing one can be certain. If people can live in New York, they'll be in the Heights. I expect they'll be there even if Manhattan becomes the first Nineveh of modern times. And I hope that I shall still be staring at it from the Esplanade. <<

My theory is that they were serving TV dinners from the Bohack on Henry.

nytimes.com/1972/01/23/archives/brooklyn-through-english-eyes-brooklyn-heights-seen-through-english.html

And if one compares the Heights with Chelsea in London, as one should, for the income brackets are about the same and the inhabitants show the same strong mixture of the literary, the bohemian, the liberal and the rich, then the shops are dim indeed: no antique shops of merit, one good bookshop, the clothing shops and supermarkets tedious, ugly and boring.

And at nights, the Heights are beautiful; as in Amsterdam, the undrawn curtains and the half‐open louvres give glimpses of mysterious, elegant interiors, glittering with chandeliers, adorned with books and pictures that bespeak sophistication and urbanity. The dappled light of the sidewalk that moves with the wind is quite haunting. One is enfolded in a sense of privacy, of intimate living as one might be in en oasis. I feel at times, that alone and forever I could walk these streets day and night.

https://documentedny.com/2021/08/30/a-public-death-eric-mendoza/

(Have to enter email to read article)

On the morning of April 10, 2019, he was working on the rooftop of One Pierrepont Street, a luxury apartment building in Brooklyn Heights, replacing the bricks of a column that enclosed a rooftop water tower. He fell 13 stories to a concrete courtyard below.

After Eric’s death, Skyline Restoration received a $25,000 fine from the Department of Buildings for failure to institute/maintain safety equipment measures. The company is still disputing the violations. In addition, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration imposed a $41,106 fine for five unspecified “serious” violations concerning Eric’s death, which the company is also contesting. This agency also slapped Skyline’s subcontractor at the One Pierrepont Street renovation project, Jaen Restoration, owned by Skyline executive Jason Geraghty, with a $23,000 penalty. Jaen Restoration could also face a fine from OSHA, which is still investigating the incident.

Here’s a 1969 photo I took of the docks and Manhattan, from the Promenade. If you wait long enough, I guess, most scenes start to recede into history:
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