Comments on: Ten63: We Hardly Knew Ye! http://blog.verbalchameleon.com/2005/11/ten63-we-hardly-knew-ye/ lefty quaker academic in nyc Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:52:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: ms. thingk http://blog.verbalchameleon.com/2005/11/ten63-we-hardly-knew-ye/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 ms. thingk Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:04:32 +0000 http://blog.verbalchameleon.com/?p=173#comment-4179 it's interesting how the things that make people want to move to a neighborhood are some of the first things to disappear once they move in. indie coffeeshops, neighborhoody vibe, underground arts culture, "diversity"... it’s interesting how the things that make people want to move to a neighborhood are some of the first things to disappear once they move in. indie coffeeshops, neighborhoody vibe, underground arts culture, “diversity”…

]]> By: missb http://blog.verbalchameleon.com/2005/11/ten63-we-hardly-knew-ye/comment-page-1/#comment-4092 missb Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:20:53 +0000 http://blog.verbalchameleon.com/?p=173#comment-4092 This kills me. The death of yet another small neigborhood business...and one so beloved and needed in the neighborhood! LIC has been hovering on the edge of neighborhoodness for like fifteen years now, and it STILL lacks the support for a suddden large influx of residents via new high-rises and whatnot. "Neighborhoods" without actual neighborhoods are springing up everywhere these days. DUMBO comes to mind...and now even Bushwick! There are lofts commanding $2500 a month in Bushwick! Ever been to Bushwick? A lot of it looks like downtown Bagdhad, except downtown Bagdhad might actually have a decent grocery store. The lack of stuff is what keeps me from sliding over to LIC...they can't expect to lure people to these big new buildings if they're going to force out what little homeyness exists there. No fair. I'd kill for a Ten63 in my hood. Mostly what we have is 99 cent stores, Genovese, and banks. This kills me. The death of yet another small neigborhood business…and one so beloved and needed in the neighborhood! LIC has been hovering on the edge of neighborhoodness for like fifteen years now, and it STILL lacks the support for a suddden large influx of residents via new high-rises and whatnot. “Neighborhoods” without actual neighborhoods are springing up everywhere these days. DUMBO comes to mind…and now even Bushwick! There are lofts commanding $2500 a month in Bushwick! Ever been to Bushwick? A lot of it looks like downtown Bagdhad, except downtown Bagdhad might actually have a decent grocery store.

The lack of stuff is what keeps me from sliding over to LIC…they can’t expect to lure people to these big new buildings if they’re going to force out what little homeyness exists there. No fair. I’d kill for a Ten63 in my hood. Mostly what we have is 99 cent stores, Genovese, and banks.

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