Gothamist: Mayor Vs. Madison Square Garden

mary

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:57:50 -0500

I think that part of town could use some changes. I work there and it is dangerous in the evenings. Also, from my vantage point, (I work in a building overlooking the yards) it looks like a big pit with a river view.

Simon

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:48:22 -0500

first off that money does not come out of the general fund. the state and city would not float bonds for firehouses or whatever else you list. second, the area is not fine. there has been no interest in those yards to this point, now there is and there is a chance to do something with the area. there are times when developement destroys - case and point penn station - this is not one of those times and to let part of the city languish is a real shame. its a true shame when a city can no longer have large works.

Tim N.

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:33:20 -0500

Thanks, Max. Though, frankly, I wouldn't mind a stadium (except this one is so damned ugly!)... what I mind in the extreme is the city paying for it when our local firehouse is getting boarded up. Woody Johnson (Jets owner) is a permanent resident of the upper floors of the Forbes 500. If he wants his stadium so bad, he should open his wallet, buy the land, and build it.

Max

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:25:09 -0500

The "area" is fine. Home to many businesses and people. And if push came to shove (ie. demand for you economists) someone else could and would pay for bridging over the rail yards, if that was ever nessesary. I second Tim N., these projects need to stop ASAP. BTW, does anyone know where we could find a list of all the tax exemptions granted to various businesses in NYC. I know that Morgan Stanley, AMEX, etc all get them.

Simon L

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:41:54 -0500

I hope they're able to get this stadium/convention center through. That area needs all the help it can get and no matter what went up there the city would have to pay the same amount for the platform... I wish the mayor all the luck in the world on this one.

Tim N.

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:07:28 -0500

Great article in today's Observer about how the Dolans (crazy old man and his drunk son) are killing the anti-Stadium movement that they themselves are funding, because, well, that's what they do, screw things up. Which is sad, because this Olympic thing and this West Side stadium thing ought to die real, quick deaths.

King Hippo

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:49:33 -0500

There are few ny personalities I dislike more than the Dolans and cablevision. Nobody beats the Wiz, the Knicks, the Rangers... Cablevision's got the touch of death. And if they're not strangling them directly, they're fighting with them, ala the Yankees and YES, the Mets (and MES?) and on top of it all, they let go of Marv Albert. Bastards.

S.D.

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:27:07 -0500

Loved Lenore Skenazy's write up of it entitled 'Battling money bags'...