midtownguy70
midtownguy70 t1_jedc9qp wrote
Reply to comment by LongIsland1995 in Rare photos of New York's Puerto Rican community in the 80s by namedafteracartoon2
True.
midtownguy70 t1_jed6mk4 wrote
Reply to comment by LongIsland1995 in Rare photos of New York's Puerto Rican community in the 80s by namedafteracartoon2
Both sides of town are being demolished and sterilized for the benefit of the replacement humans moving here.
midtownguy70 t1_jed6fjy wrote
Reply to comment by Inglewood_baby in Rare photos of New York's Puerto Rican community in the 80s by namedafteracartoon2
Well said.
midtownguy70 t1_jed6a83 wrote
Reply to comment by LongIsland1995 in Rare photos of New York's Puerto Rican community in the 80s by namedafteracartoon2
Mostly one "culture" tbh...the mainstream white transplant culture.
midtownguy70 t1_jed65r8 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Rare photos of New York's Puerto Rican community in the 80s by namedafteracartoon2
All the previous cycles were working and middle class so it was vibrant and amazing. You don't get that with the kind of upper class newcomers arriving en masse to sterilize the place.
midtownguy70 t1_jed5yd4 wrote
Reply to comment by zaubersbackup in Rare photos of New York's Puerto Rican community in the 80s by namedafteracartoon2
Those badly designed new condos and hotels are attracting all the wrong people and chopping up the continuity and cohesion of the streetscapes. They look like tumors.
midtownguy70 t1_jed5bgl wrote
Reply to comment by Dont_mute_me_bro in Rockaway Beach's Jacob Riis bathhouse lands $47.5M for renovations | Crain's New York Business by mikeymiggz
So many memories from Riis and one of the few places you could sunbathe nude (down at the end where it was always a beach party). Really sad if it gets gentrified.
midtownguy70 t1_je5k57c wrote
Reply to comment by down_up__left_right in Proposed new MSG by WatchesAndNYC
Thank you for answering my questions with additional information. I was downvoted just for asking for clarity, because....reddit.
midtownguy70 t1_je57avj wrote
Reply to comment by down_up__left_right in Proposed new MSG by WatchesAndNYC
Hmmmm. City land already, isn't it? What happens if they just don't renew the lease?
In the area surrounding Penn they were going to use eminent domain on a bunch of properties for the disgusting Vornado scheme.
midtownguy70 t1_je3xu0i wrote
Reply to Proposed new MSG by WatchesAndNYC
Generic soulless design 🤮
midtownguy70 t1_je3xizb wrote
Reply to comment by PsychologicalFun4399 in Proposed new MSG by WatchesAndNYC
A mall that will be leased out to the same shitty repetition of retail you will find in the surrounding blocks. Sweetgreen, Starbucks, Chopt, Poke Bowl, a bank at each corner, H&M, Duane Reade, Chipotle, Shake Shack, CVS, and four or five wannabe French places selling overpriced baked goods.
midtownguy70 t1_je3vwcr wrote
Reply to comment by ShadowMagic in Proposed new MSG by WatchesAndNYC
It doesn't even get the aesthetics right. This is a boring, uninspired design that still lacks natural light.
midtownguy70 t1_jdz1dpz wrote
They want simple stencil art with no more than four colors🤮
Was better with more than one style and organic development. All the colors and chaos. No top down gatekeeper-chosen art please!
midtownguy70 t1_jdduu5e wrote
Reply to comment by _ACompulsiveLiar_ in Historic Flatiron Building sells for $190 million at auction by Orener
Sure but single units HAVE sold for north of 190 million so the interesting comparison remains...interesting. in 2019 a penthouse over there sold for 238 million. Ka-ching.
midtownguy70 t1_jdd1t39 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Metropolitan Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances by dele7ed
Two wrongs don't make a right. I was against invading Iraq too. And I can also be against Russia. It doesn't have any contradiction with my opinion of maniac Putin and the disgusting Russians who still support him. Again, fuck Russia. It's a filthy backward dictatorship that should be crushed like a giant roach.
midtownguy70 t1_jdd0y3k wrote
So, 60 million less than the cost of one penthouse on Billionaires Row. Crazy.
midtownguy70 t1_jdbs53u wrote
Reply to comment by Manonemo in Metropolitan Opera Ordered to Pay Anna Netrebko $200,000 for Canceled Performances by dele7ed
What are you some kind of Putin lover? Fuck Russia.
midtownguy70 t1_jdbrblo wrote
Reply to comment by ShadownetZero in End of an era: $1 pizza slices at NYC’s 2 Bros. Pizza are toast by NYY657545
Its just volume. Constant line of people. The slices don't even get a chance to cool down enough to need reheating before the pie is gone and the next comes out. No they are not using mozzarella made in-house from milk that's hand squeezed out of a cows tit in the backyard... but plenty of the dollar joints are fine for what they are.
midtownguy70 t1_jdbqq2a wrote
Reply to comment by DahhhBills in End of an era: $1 pizza slices at NYC’s 2 Bros. Pizza are toast by NYY657545
Are you from Sweden? for dollar pizza almost everybody pays cash unless you're a freak who holds everybody up with a card for a one or two buck purchase.
midtownguy70 t1_jdbqgj5 wrote
Reply to comment by 4BDN in End of an era: $1 pizza slices at NYC’s 2 Bros. Pizza are toast by NYY657545
Used to be, but lately they've been skimping on the sauce and cheese.
midtownguy70 t1_jcmvb24 wrote
Reply to comment by Visual-Sea4011 in They Wanted a Backyard. Now They Hate It. | Outdoor space was the city renter’s dream. Then came the rats by StrngBrew
Yummmmm it's fucking delicious
midtownguy70 t1_jcmdyv5 wrote
Reply to comment by ManhattanRailfan in They Wanted a Backyard. Now They Hate It. | Outdoor space was the city renter’s dream. Then came the rats by StrngBrew
Lol don't come after me for being a pleb but Uncle Bens cooks up great every time đź‘Ť If I had more kitchen I might try the cooker.
midtownguy70 t1_jatr8jk wrote
Reply to DSNY Trash Can Pen Holder by Guardiansvn
Ok I want one.
midtownguy70 t1_japbatl wrote
Reply to comment by Alex3917 in Can Central Park’s Drives Become More Peaceful? - NY Times by mtf612
Before 10am are some of the busiest hours. To hell with all those speed cyclists.
midtownguy70 t1_jeedsjy wrote
Reply to comment by Dont_mute_me_bro in Rockaway Beach's Jacob Riis bathhouse lands $47.5M for renovations | Crain's New York Business by mikeymiggz
I'll bring the mimosas!