tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post826159536131429499..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Desire in Times SquareBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-63489547986488269942007-04-12T11:42:00.000-07:002007-04-12T11:42:00.000-07:00Christof: Technically, you're right, of course. Bu...Christof: Technically, you're right, of course. But your point sort of reminds me of when people correct you when you say Grand Central Station instead of the train depot's TRUE name, Grand Central Terminal. Thanks for the clarification, nonethelessBrooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-44987145402179828402007-04-12T09:03:00.000-07:002007-04-12T09:03:00.000-07:00There never was a "Streetcar named Desire," really...There never was a "Streetcar named Desire," really. There was a streetcar line named Desire, torn up in 1948. Some of the streetcars that ran on that line are still around, now running on New Orleans on Canal or St. Charles, or in other cities or streetcar museums. This would seem to be one of them. But you can't say this is THE streetcar named Desire since there never was one single streetcar named that. Pre-Katrina, there was still a bus route named Desire, but that's not nearly as evocative.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605085918876069438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-921314508713807912007-04-12T07:56:00.000-07:002007-04-12T07:56:00.000-07:00About Ben Ash: It first arrived when I was livng a...About Ben Ash: It first arrived when I was livng at 54th & Seventh. I vividly remember the day they were about to install their sign. For a brief moment the facade was bare and one could clearly see the ghost letters "AUTOMAT". It kind of broke my heart when Ben Ash slapped their tacky sign over it. I never ate there.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956330879272068241noreply@blogger.com