Gothamist: Making Bond Street Safer For Your Shoes

Captain Midnight

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:04:57 -0500

It's not a coincidence, but it's not entirely because of the slipperyness, either. The biggest factor is good, old fashioned moolah. It's a helluva lot cheaper and faster to just dump some blacktop on the street and run a steamroller over it than to have a bunch of DOT employees painstakingly installing individual blocks one at at time. I think Gothamist misread the article. They're not repairing with asphalt. They're tearing out asphalt patches that have been put in potholes over the years and reinstalling Belgian blocks.

S.D.

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:43:55 -0500

"because many a time have our shoes been the victim its surface (puddles, scuffed heels), not to mention our dignity as we've tripped (we're clumsy like that), thanks to the uneven, though quaint, stones." Oh Wow, that was almost right out of "Sex and The City"! (My Fiancé loves that show. Makes me worry sometimes...) ;) Those coblestones might be quaint and Historic, but everything slips on them when wet. I've seen bikes and Cars slide down it and had to help a bike rider get up quick before some car slid into him. It's not a coincidence that Streets now have Asphalt on 'em.

grunt

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:22:44 -0500

This is off the topic but it has to do with Jerry Orbach. I was watching NY1 when this commerical was aired using Jerry as a pitchman. It really pissed me off. The man passed away and these ghouls are squeezing every dime they can get out of him. Its for the reverse mortgage video for the senior network lending network the number is 1-800-591-4203 and call to complain. That is what I am doing. I am not a spammer if you want to take this post down thatis fine but this really makes me angry that do not have the decency to pull these off the air.