tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post2073957806804711443..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: "Luxury City": AM New York Assesses BloombergBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-33151949461918108412009-05-08T07:45:00.000-07:002009-05-08T07:45:00.000-07:00Stuy Town was never in Mitchell-Lama.
It's a rent...Stuy Town was never in Mitchell-Lama.<br /><br />It's a rent-stablized, middle-class Project being re-marketed as faux-luxury dormitory.<br /><br />As they used to say on Orchard Street, "If you can sell it cheap, try expensive!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-6007831333370848492008-04-14T07:52:00.000-07:002008-04-14T07:52:00.000-07:00Agreed on much of this article, especially after w...Agreed on much of this article, especially after wading through the planning disaster that is the WTC area this weekend, but I have to take issue with the congestion pricing point. CP's failure had a lot more to do with shortsighted outer borough politicians protecting tiny portions of their constituency than it had to do with Bloomie's disdain for common folk. It's frustrating to still have to dispute the idea that congestion pricing was designed to fleece the (overwhelmingly transit-using) middle class.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I'm ready for a new mayor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-15781818396224115952008-04-11T17:34:00.000-07:002008-04-11T17:34:00.000-07:00I feel compelled to note that "eek out a living" i...I feel compelled to note that "eek out a living" is funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-56250965098468826722008-04-11T08:49:00.000-07:002008-04-11T08:49:00.000-07:00Bloomberg has made it clear in the past. To him, l...Bloomberg has made it clear in the past. To him, living in New York is a luxury. He's said as much. He's supposed to be the mayor of New York, but he acts like he's the manager of a Louis Vuitton store.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818051768531898961noreply@blogger.com