tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post7643267195975545922..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Times Square Now Home to Displaced Couch PotatoesBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-16759257646846985182009-06-09T06:02:38.261-07:002009-06-09T06:02:38.261-07:00I hope people realize that Mike Bloomberg has come...I hope people realize that Mike Bloomberg has come to the conclusion he has already won a third term. If Times Square does not make you realize he is not the man for the next 4 years nothing will. Think of the damage this man can do to the rest of NY and some of it's landmarks. Yankee and Shea stadiums, Coney Island. Those were once for the average New Yorker now they are for the rich or will be as in Coney Island , once it is Redeveloped by Bloomberg and Thor equities. WELCOME TO BLOOMBERGVILLE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-54465253410903243842009-06-08T11:29:18.050-07:002009-06-08T11:29:18.050-07:00I don't know, Eve. What's wrong with putti...I don't know, Eve. What's wrong with putting a bunch of lawn chairs around the Louvre? Or inside the Colosseum? Or in front of Buckingham Palace? These people don't need a rest. If you invent folks to plop, they'll plop. But I do that that there is an argument to be made about the appropriate overall aesthetics of a famous place. And lounging tourist isn't the right one for Times Square.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-27060929694669678882009-06-08T08:40:00.601-07:002009-06-08T08:40:00.601-07:00If so many people take a rest, this proves a need....If so many people take a rest, this proves a need. You can't be on your feet all the time. The only reason to object is the ugliness of the chairs. But if this solved (and it's a challenge to designers), what's wrong with it?Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005517826999307074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-47807653109282978822009-06-04T16:40:19.119-07:002009-06-04T16:40:19.119-07:00I'm a new fan of your blog, although I've ...I'm a new fan of your blog, although I've only been to NYC once. Loved this post about Times Square and the commentary on how it's become so geared toward tourists it's not really NYC anymore. As someone who's often a tourist in large cities, I think it's always nice to find a place to sit and rest, but not in the middle of a herd of other tourists--a park bench or cafe is good for both residents and tourists and serves the same need as this terrible idea.E.L. Malvaneyhttp://misspreservation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-26970248262137978672009-06-04T13:38:14.886-07:002009-06-04T13:38:14.886-07:00Tacky is the word. Yes. Like the building put up b...Tacky is the word. Yes. Like the building put up by Bloomberg's developers. Like the Cemusa newsstands. New York should not look tacky.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-74164508908586873632009-06-04T13:19:30.538-07:002009-06-04T13:19:30.538-07:00i already hated Times Square the way it was. now i...i already hated Times Square the way it was. now i have yet another reason to stay away. that looks so tacky...Will Hennessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11705487206944834945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-80110503277857563702009-06-04T11:43:35.098-07:002009-06-04T11:43:35.098-07:00Bloomebrg is so retarded.Bloomebrg is so retarded.kmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-26241549028261510732009-06-04T11:43:14.366-07:002009-06-04T11:43:14.366-07:00Bloomberg is so retarded.Bloomberg is so retarded.kmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-7847467787049353402009-06-04T11:42:53.507-07:002009-06-04T11:42:53.507-07:00Bloomberg is so retarded.Bloomberg is so retarded.kmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-26469820876250676602009-06-04T07:23:19.304-07:002009-06-04T07:23:19.304-07:00John M
This is a gift to New Yorker. Now when th...John M<br /><br />This is a gift to New Yorker. Now when the tourists go to Times Square they don't have to stand at the top of the subway stairs to do it. It is like a "tourist pen".<br /><br />Keep em all in one spot and out of our way.ChickenUnderwearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025866506646843697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-59145669324511884562009-06-04T05:17:10.026-07:002009-06-04T05:17:10.026-07:00I remember when New York did things for New Yorker...I remember when New York did things for New Yorkers, and guess what? The tourists came anyway, because that's what they wanted to experience. Now New York does things for the tourists, who still come, but actual New Yorkers are disgusted and alienated by their own city.<br /><br />I never thought I'd say it of any other mayor, but Bloomberg is worse than Giuliani.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-7132231621409469812009-06-03T23:16:35.488-07:002009-06-03T23:16:35.488-07:00One of the things people haven't come to grips...One of the things people haven't come to grips with about Bloombergian New York is just how weird it is.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-67553476488927069082009-06-03T16:18:56.238-07:002009-06-03T16:18:56.238-07:00i hate this idea. Times Square is meant to be the ...i hate this idea. Times Square is meant to be the hub of the world, a buzzing, cacophonous place streaming with automobiles and humans trying to get out of the way7! Headlights in the night, car horns blaring, the buzz of human activity. This is like a backyard barbeque in Yonkers. I hate it.Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.com