tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post5029440744851132999..comments2024-03-17T09:55:57.029-07:00Comments on Lost City: Doctor, My EyesBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-68814809933100297032008-05-12T14:05:00.000-07:002008-05-12T14:05:00.000-07:00I know this is old, but I've just got to comment.....I know this is old, but I've just got to comment...<BR/><BR/>The Starbuck's in the Waldorf is one of my favorite only-in-New-York places - the pastry case is filled by the hotel bakery, so everything is much much better than the homogenized stuff they have at their other 140,000 locations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-35946823142815214422008-03-11T05:57:00.000-07:002008-03-11T05:57:00.000-07:00Thanks for the note, Erica. I guess that's the una...Thanks for the note, Erica. I guess that's the unavoidable mix of emotions this blog would incite. People often write me and tell me my ongoing narrative often depresses them. That's understandable. It depresses me. But that's not my intention in writing it. My intention is that people who can do something about the raping of our culture will sit up and notice, and maybe lift a finger to stop it. Also, to notify readers that something irrevocable and awful is happening to our city, even if the "legitimate" press declines to report on it sufficiently, or take some kind of stand on the issue. To me, Bloomberg's legacy will not be a well-run city, or smoke-free and trans-fat-free restaurants, or a greener city. It will be what we see all around us, and what we see ain't pretty. It will be feckless overdevelopment.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-74806511137484478892008-03-10T21:19:00.000-07:002008-03-10T21:19:00.000-07:00I tell you, after seeing this abortion of justice,...I tell you, after seeing this abortion of justice, plus your post on lintels, and dozens upon dozens of others (a Starbucks in the Waldorf, was it?), I really, really truly do feel your pain.<BR/><BR/>I live in Sheepshead Bay and my once unique fishing community of a hometown is being swallowed alive by condos and chain banks and cell phone stores.<BR/><BR/>When I read your blog, I feel a combined sense of solace and solidarity mixed with an aching, ominous doom.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12602144303531594094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-33010547043701486622008-03-10T19:11:00.000-07:002008-03-10T19:11:00.000-07:00So it's not just me. Frankly, I didn't know what t...So it's not just me. Frankly, I didn't know what the hell was happening in the city that I saw all these Capital One Banks, but I do know that it better provide incentives to those of us who are their customers. Otherwise, there's just no reason for this madness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com