tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post5858489910624144815..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: The Top Ten Things That Make New York Look Like CrapBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-74522659831700531292010-05-10T18:19:13.082-07:002010-05-10T18:19:13.082-07:00I feel cranky too may B it's the pollen
from M...I feel cranky too may B it's the pollen<br />from Madison Sq.Park and I am tired<br />of getting old and feeling like'<br />the old Professor in Bergman's<br />film "Wild Strawberries".<br /><br />I saw a sign on a Greek orthodox<br />church on 22nd street off of 3rd avenue NYC that said-<br />"May is the apology for January".<br /><br />That made me smile ,and of course<br />Epiphany is January 6th.<br /><br />Mike of Tin Pan AlleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-40913287266335629302010-05-08T08:32:22.735-07:002010-05-08T08:32:22.735-07:00I spend a lot of time trying to understand why thi...I spend a lot of time trying to understand why this type of architecture is so uninteresting to me and it seems to boil down to this: it is too bland, you do not really see it. It disappears from the mind too quickly. I yearn for a little more shadow, a little something breaking the surface, anything to show that a human being was here. All mind and no heart.will hauffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-52007747100965370502010-05-07T10:06:35.450-07:002010-05-07T10:06:35.450-07:00I still can't figure out why there are so many...I still can't figure out why there are so many bank branches. Hasn't electronic banking and other changes made them semi-obsolete?<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-72601643059546497562010-05-07T09:59:49.483-07:002010-05-07T09:59:49.483-07:00The cheap architecture of yesterday is so much bet...The cheap architecture of yesterday is so much better than the cheap architecture of today because, by necessity, they had to make quality buildings (whereas today we have the technology/know-how to throw up cheap glass and steel monstrosities). It's actually literally impossible to build a building up to par with ones constructed in yesteryear; contractors don't know how to engage in old-school masonry, materials are too cost prohibitive (partially due to less scale in production due to increased scale in production of things like form-fill concrete from japan). In areas that have frequent flooding, pre-war basements are often spotless while post-war construction inevitably leaks.JBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-3665383541073081432010-05-07T05:50:18.859-07:002010-05-07T05:50:18.859-07:00I think even the old cheap buildings had more char...I think even the old cheap buildings had more character than the most of the stuff going up today. But it may just be those of us who enjoy history hate to see any piece of it go under the wrecking ball. I think I remember reading Herbert Asbury lamenting the destruction of old buildings to make way for the gaudy, monstrous movie palaces, so the buildings we admire now were somebody elses eye sore.<br />Great blog by the way.<br />PS<br />Spent many a night at McHale's was sorry to see it go as well.Patrick Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902465307670970335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-82236570913492671792010-05-07T02:51:59.325-07:002010-05-07T02:51:59.325-07:00I feel a little cranky everyday. Haven't you b...I feel a little cranky everyday. Haven't you been paying attention?<br /><br />I think, from your post, you kinda agree with me. Not sure. <br /><br />Anyway, I do sometimes celebrate the cheap architecture of yesterday. But the cheap architecture of yesterday wasn't so often BAD. Sometimes it was. Mostly, it had a kind of integrity. And the builders cared a LITTLE bit.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-47789711254379675182010-05-07T02:33:00.354-07:002010-05-07T02:33:00.354-07:00Feeling a little cranky today? The bad, cheap arch...Feeling a little cranky today? The bad, cheap architecture of yesterday is some of what you celebrate today. <b>Newstands made of crappy wood and other aged eyesores add character to any city and their unique regional form is what distinguishes Toronto from LA. Ban standardized signs?</b><br /><br />That's what makes the discovery of a aged MailPouch Tobacco sign such a treat!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589501893918153139noreply@blogger.com