So proud I had a letter, the letter of the week in The Village Voice "Carbon Copy" on saving this stunning building....if more is not done to preserve the East Village, Lower East Side and Bowery, you will have to visit a recreation in a museum or Las Vegas. It is so sad because we need more room and more schools for the city's kids and this building is crying out to be saved and returned to it's original use adding a community center and maybe a theatre encouraging technology and creativity...just my musings....
The only thing that has changed for me since I wrote that letter is I do agree with the developer about Mike Rosen also a developer who lives next door and doesn't want the this stunning building torn down and a building like Red Square with Lenin on top a gift from Rosen to the neighborhood... How ironic that Rosen fights development yet he lives on top of a stunning building the Christa Dora that was a welfare building and is the first symbol of gentrification and in theory the building where he has a duplex or triplex owes the neighborhood a community facility because it was a welfare building. How typical Lenin fan living way high above the people, yes what a view to give the people Rosen's input on the zoning...a mini-Mike Bloomberg and I prefer Bloomberg and we all know I will not vote for Bloomberg ever again but still at least Bloomberg is clear about what he is and that is a business man and he made his billion's on his own not through marriage, inheriting etc. But if I knew what Bloomberg and Burden (like Rosen, Amanda socialite mega millionaire Burden had a front page puff piece in The New York Times, carefully crafted leaving out things like the Lenin sculpture, etc. so it pays to have friends in The New York Times) has planned which was to make the Lower East Side look like a bad xerox of Dubai and NYU-Ville Cooper Union sci-fi dubai than I would never have voted for Bloomberg.
I find myself returning over and over to my stomping grounds of the last 25 years except my old home of 20 years which I contributed hugely in so many ways but now it "almost an NYU dorm" next to the most hideous NYU dorm, really more an abomination than a dorm.
I do find myself wishing I could leave -- as much I am pulled here and it is where I lived the majority of my life I long to leave but just don't know where to move but I long for somewhere quiet.
Library as safe haven, free resource so I went to town and picked up some books and I walked by Anthony Weiner, a protestor and visited Michael's favorite thrift shop. Also past Michael's favorite eatery which I didn't like of course. I do think of him although he was so gifted we clashed but I thought of him today and the thrift shop were I got the coolest coat he encouraged me to try on and I was sure was too small. Life is short and painful so you have to treasure the loving magical moments. His photos are testament to that.
