Gothamist: Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon Decry St. Vincent's Development

ny2102

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:31:17 -0500

I'm a fan of landmarking, especially considering what happened with Penn Station, but there has to be some middle ground. This building is just hideous, and NYC needs better hospital facilities.

zodak

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:00:18 -0500

you said it, smokedgouda! these two need to stfu. sure it's an interesting looking building but a hospital is way more important. i'm so sick of people trying to landmark everything.

Polite New Yorker

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:39:14 -0500

I recommend you all rent the 1970s film 'Joe' starring Peter Boyle. In it, you'll see a young Susan Sarandon naked. WWJD - What Would 'Joe' Do?

maevemealone

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:34:29 -0500

There is a big difference between a building everyone is "used to" and a building worth saving for historical importance. St. Vincent's is one of the few Level One trauma centers in the city and like it or not, if you're in a nasty accident, you will most likely be taken there. If the current facilities don't allow them to operate with maximum effectiveness, it's the citizens who suffer. Save the building if it's decided it's of historic value but don't deny the doctors and patients the resources they need to do their job better.

smokedgouda

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:54:13 -0500

Sarandon and Robbins are the celebutards of the day. They just don't want their views blocked or new people in the neighborhood. The selfishness diminishes their work for other causes.

Polemicist

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:52:01 -0500

More evidence that the rich are succeeding in turning Manhattan into their own personal gated community. Manhattan has a solid 700,000 fewer inhabitants than it did in 1920. How was this accomplished? The rich took over all the existing buildings and made it nearly impossible to build new buildings of ever greater density. There are *many* tall buildings in the village. If anything, the neighborhood is a model for the provincial twits in Brooklyn who seem to think historic architecture and new high-rise development cannot coexist. More development would help the village as well. Once a cultural mecca, it is now a tired place of tourists, hip-hop gays, and middle-aged rich people who don't have to work and like to pretend they are in their 20s. It's disgusting. Build UP!

thefacts

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:38:15 -0500

#5 Your ugly prejudice is showing! shame on you.

cucarachita

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:34:55 -0500

That building is fugly. It also looks like it was built on the cheap, and probably full of mold and bad air. I've always thought I'd never want to end up in that building.

wooden_shoes

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:42:10 -0500

Sure, the pope should pay for it because it's a catholic hospital...and only catholic's should use it, because it's "a catholic hospital." This whole thing is stupid. St Vincent's needs to renovate and improve in order to offer better services. People like to complain that the hospital is shitty, but then complain when the hospital tries to fix that.

west side Michael

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:49:20 -0500

If it's a Catholic hospital let the pope pay for it, Let's keep a little of NYC "Human Scale"with new architecture,Jeez! I also think it better speaking of R.Catholic things that Robbins-Sarandon movie"Dead Men Walking" might be a better movie of theirs to mention.

ottoemezzo

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:42:56 -0500

The proposed buildings are way too tall for that neighborhood. Period.

NannyState

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:09:03 -0500

The proposal is terribly flawed because the towers aren't nearly high enough. Twin 60 story towers would restore faith in St Victim's mission.

Think twice

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:41:49 -0500

^ Good example. I like gut renovations and utilizing air rights. It may be the middle path between preservation and growth. HOWEVER, this IMO is the exception. Walking to the LGBT center I always thought it looked like parking garage. It's an ugly, obsolete, Brutalist box that these NIMBY's want to leave just as it is, so they don't have to be inconvenienced by dust.

nik13

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:17:59 -0500

Why not go the Hearst Building way? Keep the exterior we've all known, but build up? Nobody but tourists will notice.