"Here's What I Think of Your Goddamned Historic District!"
How are we supposed to protect our City's historic districts when we can't even protect the signs that designate them?
22 October 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:
there's community expression for you...
Actually they seem to BE protesting the sign. You mean protect, no?
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Typo. Sorry.
I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying that the Cobble Hill Historic District is not being protected? Because it looks pretty nice to me. I just don't get what one vandalized sign has to do with the district as a whole.
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