tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post3964368999377624265..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Taking a Step Back, To Take Two ForwardClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-33462021459829156812014-09-07T16:39:44.231-04:002014-09-07T16:39:44.231-04:00Q, I've never commented before but I just have...Q, I've never commented before but I just have to tell you I love this blog. I'm a recent transplant to the neighbourhood, and feel plenty conflicted about the effect of that, though I love it. Brought here by my partner who is a long-time resident and doesn't want to leave his people despite the changes that are going on. <br />I can't believe the lack of compassion in some of your regulars/trolls.<br />I took a photo of the advertising hoarding on the new building going up beside 123 but it didn't come out well enough to send. There are seven people in the picture- guess what colour all of them are?!!!! On Parkside! smdh as the kids say. <br />Anyway, keep it up Q!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408609316419385908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-55554779105541888422014-09-06T22:02:55.053-04:002014-09-06T22:02:55.053-04:00re:"An amusing complaint about gentrification...re:<i>"An amusing complaint about gentrification to which readers responded, mostly to tell the naive child she was tragically mistaken about what it means when a neighborhood improves."</i><br /><br />Please tell me where the writer says directly or implies that the appearance of "cafes, boutiques, and now a Starbucks" represents an improvement in the neighborhood.<br /><br />re:"<i>In NY City, the buildings are made with permanence in mind. It's the people who are transient. The builders have a lot on the line, and I'm sure they wish they could predict the paths to be taken by all the residents of this transient city. But they can't, and neither can you. </i>"<br />The management company of the writer's building is probably betting on what paths the residents will take by playing games with the heat and hot water which they are obligated by law to provide-and that's probably a path through which people are "being pushed out of the neighborhood".<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-83989920168010989532014-09-06T19:16:41.893-04:002014-09-06T19:16:41.893-04:00An amusing complaint about gentrification? What ki...An amusing complaint about gentrification? What kind of sick sense of humor do you have? The post sounded exactly like an email I just got from someone who is ready to leave because she's been hounded out by her landlord.<br /><br />That this should be amusing, whether you agree or disagree with the forces at play, is why you are not worthy of being given a forum for your nonsense. It's a particularly galling condition to glorify the forces of markets over the lives of people. I'm not saying that sometimes a greater good isn't served...but it's a sick prick who laughs at others misfortunes.<br />Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-39914154668622716632014-09-06T17:38:24.541-04:002014-09-06T17:38:24.541-04:00Gee, slappz, was that you posting under "hoax...Gee, slappz, was that you posting under "hoax_buster"? ;) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-34487814529034424282014-09-06T15:50:29.439-04:002014-09-06T15:50:29.439-04:00http://thoughtcatalog.com/alexsa-tolentino/2014/09...http://thoughtcatalog.com/alexsa-tolentino/2014/09/what-gentrification-feels-like-to-those-who-actually-grew-up-in-brooklyn/<br /><br />An amusing complaint about gentrification to which readers responded, mostly to tell the naive child she was tragically mistaken about what it means when a neighborhood improves.no_slappzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207475509053402475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-19449519933052314082014-09-04T19:42:37.570-04:002014-09-04T19:42:37.570-04:00Sisyphus and the Gracchi brothers...that pretty we...Sisyphus and the Gracchi brothers...that pretty well sums up the futility of fighting for what will never be. <br /><br />If this were Texas... O give me land, lots of land under starry skies above...don't fence me in...builders could ride to the ridge where the west commences, gaze at the moon till they lose their senses...<br /><br />But it's not. There are fences, and the only direction to build is up. And Eric Adams is going to cash in.no_slappzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04207475509053402475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-34403457586856647322014-09-04T18:50:58.823-04:002014-09-04T18:50:58.823-04:00opus.opus.kingscountyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671402020153955523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-46447611774708780642014-09-04T16:11:53.536-04:002014-09-04T16:11:53.536-04:00And you better believe that the two of each animal...And you better believe that the two of each animal picked by Noah for the boat ride were in the 1% for their species. Rich llamas indeed.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-6593912821175540362014-09-04T15:58:33.871-04:002014-09-04T15:58:33.871-04:00Old story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracchi
...Old story.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracchi<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SisyphusPaul Gallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275925044525881962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-3502046020999152452014-09-04T15:56:19.618-04:002014-09-04T15:56:19.618-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul Gallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275925044525881962noreply@blogger.com