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St. George's Ukrainian Catholic Church on E. 7th and the back of the revolting Cooper Union Academic Building.
28 May 2009
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
4 comments:
Ugh. Simply ugh.
Double ugh! Ptui!!! (as Ukrainians would spit and say...)
Double ugh! Or as a Ukrainian would spit and curse, Ptui!!!
Thank you for this. I found it ironic that the NY Times published both a biterswwet article about Surma's Ukrainian Gift Shop (across the street) as well as a fawining architecture review of this building in the same week. I have no problem with the deisgn of the building itself - it actually looks pretty cool- but it most defniitely does NOT fit in with the neighborhood. Also note that the architecture critic didn't ask any of the St. George's parishoners how they felt about the light to their stained glass windows being blocked.
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