Gothamist: Group Pushes to Rezone East Village

Old Grammar Police

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:24:08 -0500

Isn't it that "The Bowery" is the neighborhood (or the ballroom), and just plain "Bowery" is the street? Would you tell a cab to drop you at "Third and Bowery" or "Third and The Bowery?" The latter sounds really weird, and the cab will take your money and dump your ass at the same intersection, in any case.

Old Grammar Police

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:21:17 -0500

Isn't it that "The Bowery" is the neighborhood (or the ballroom), and just plain "Bowery" is the street? Would you tell a cab to drop you at "Third and Bowery" or "Third and The Bowery?" The latter sounds really weird, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong. The cab will take your money and dump your ass at the same intersection, in any case.

Old Grammar Police

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:20:34 -0500

Isn't it that "The Bowery" is the neighborhood (or the ballroom), and just plain "Bowery" is the street? Would you tell a cab to drop you at "Third and Bowery" or "Third and The Bowery?" The latter sounds really weird, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong. The cab will dump your ass at the same intersection, in any case.

frank lloyd wrong

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:00:33 -0500

Now if they could just tear down that eyesore near Spring and Bowery, as well as the Rivington Hotel and stop that Blue thing from going up.

Grammar Police

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:36:43 -0500

i think you mean "formerly", not "formally."

pugsley

Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:21:08 -0500

Yeah, the new buildings are too high. While I like the design of many of the new buildings they are ruining the neighborhood. We already can see what warehousing of great numbers of people has done to uptown. Keep the east village short.

Lambhead

Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:12:54 -0500

I lived in NYC for 20 years and unfortunately relocated in 2004. imagine my confusion during my visit this summer as I walked along Bowery and saw the same glassy 90 story condo high rises that are springing up all over the Upper West Side, and already dominate the upper east. I hope the re-zoning efforts prevail as these eyesores are unforgiveable.

Grumpy Pants

Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:42:25 -0500

Let's take a moment to think about this. 1. Tall buildings aren't necessarily bad by their nature. Poorly designed and poorly proportioned buildings ARE a problem that exists if a building is 80 or 180 feet tall. 2. I don't know if these people have noticed but we've got a bit of a housing crunch in this city and it would be nice if people would make more apartments. Of course building more is not going to solve anything unless the zoning requires that some of those apartments(I would say 75%-80%)be listed at below market prices/rents. But at least that's something to push for and it's both realistic and will probably help the neighborhood. 3. Three words DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. DC has insane height limitations throughout the city. The result has not been better architecture or neighborhoods, but rather some really tall buildings in the suburbs and until recently a complete lack of interest in making new buildings in the district because the economics make it hard when you can only build 6 stories. Once again a well meaning community group stabs it's fellow residents in the back. What will it take for people to start to think seriously about the urban/architectural problems of New York?

Joclyn

Sat, 17 Sep 2005 15:34:02 -0500

It's Manhattan. Things are tall in Manhattan.