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Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Hoping to get out there this coming August for my deferred 50th.
Looking at apartments and have narrowed it down to one on Chambers St. in TriBeCa and one further north on Mercer north of Canal.
The southern apartment is a bit nicer but from memory the area north of Canal is a bit more interesting. However I haven’t been to that bit for 15 years, so…
Anyone cares to pitch in? petee? Will be taking the teenage daughters there for their first visit and so an interesting area for them to wander around is high on the wish list. Ta.
Looking at apartments and have narrowed it down to one on Chambers St. in TriBeCa and one further north on Mercer north of Canal.
The southern apartment is a bit nicer but from memory the area north of Canal is a bit more interesting. However I haven’t been to that bit for 15 years, so…
Anyone cares to pitch in? petee? Will be taking the teenage daughters there for their first visit and so an interesting area for them to wander around is high on the wish list. Ta.
Of the 2, I would say Mercer St being close to Chinatown, Little Italy and being more central so closer to midtown as well as not far from World Trade Center area.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
hi Winot. those two locations aren't too far apart, maybe half a mile, and you could easily get from one to the other. that walk would be nice in itself.
i first went to SoHo in high school with a friend since we'd been told that there was part-time work at the UPS sorting facility. it was still industrial and deserted and scary then and the job was form 11 pm - 3 am so we said noooo. then came the lofts, then the clubs, then the boutiques, and by now it's thoroughly gentrified though I haven't been in that part of town in years. it does have the cast-iron architecture and a few cobblestone streets and some famous new-yorky places nearby - katz's delicatessen, the tenement museum, washington square park, chinatown - and it would be very nice.
chambers street is in the government district. it's also near interesting places, more of them in fact: the african burial ground, brooklyn bridge, the irish famine memorial, castle clinton, battery park where new amsterdam began, and which gives a view of the whole of new york harbor and you have to take the staten island ferry ride. you can't miss with either location.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Great info many thanks. I went for the SoHo place in the end but will be sure to check out the southern sites. We are there for 9 days so plenty of time.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
our new mayor, who is such an improvement over the radicalBLMliberalcommunist mayor.
gothamist.com
Dozens of city workers sent to clear homeless encampment under BQE
Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to clear 150 encampments across the city, but homeless advocates say, without housing, it will do little to alleviate the problem.
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blossie33
trailer trash
Girls in the Windows taken on East 58th Street by Ormond Gigli in 1960
...and the story behind it here....
...and the story behind it here....
“Girls in the Windows”: The Real Story Behind an Iconic New York Photo | TIME.com
Ormond Gigli's whimsical image captures the city's history
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Not sure I'd want to be in the thin bit at the top in a stiff wind.
blossie33
trailer trash
No, nor me!
Amazing views etc but definitely not my thing - I'd feel very cut off and vulnerable up on the high levels.
cybershot
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Some more on this one
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bcuster
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The perception of crime outweighs the reality of the numbers.
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editor
hiraethified
The rather lovely Little Island in New York
Little Island, New York, a free public park located on the Hudson River – day and night photos - urban75: art, photos, walks
Little Island, New York, a free public park located on the Hudson River – day and night photos - urban75: art, photos, walks
petee
no gods, no malarkey
this is personal one, i'll just park it here.
i grew up on a block at the other end of which was a big-ish building called the Labor Temple. here it is in a postcard i bought, covering its ass by flying the flag:
and in a real-estate tax photo (that's the 2nd ave el in the background)
it was a bit spooky as i don't remember, growing up in the 60s and 70s, seeing a single person go into or come out of it. comes the age of the internet and i discover that it was once at the heart of nyc leftwingism, particularly german nyc leftwingism: the socialist party had internal fights there, it hosted a gay tolerance pioneer,
youth groups met there etc. but also it hosted one particularly important meeting.
en.wikipedia.org
in other words, the immediate predecessor of the CPUSA was founded on the block i've lived my whole life. and i found this out only in the last week. holy moly, i feel like a numpty.
i grew up on a block at the other end of which was a big-ish building called the Labor Temple. here it is in a postcard i bought, covering its ass by flying the flag:
and in a real-estate tax photo (that's the 2nd ave el in the background)
it was a bit spooky as i don't remember, growing up in the 60s and 70s, seeing a single person go into or come out of it. comes the age of the internet and i discover that it was once at the heart of nyc leftwingism, particularly german nyc leftwingism: the socialist party had internal fights there, it hosted a gay tolerance pioneer,
youth groups met there etc. but also it hosted one particularly important meeting.
Workers Party of America - Wikipedia
in other words, the immediate predecessor of the CPUSA was founded on the block i've lived my whole life. and i found this out only in the last week. holy moly, i feel like a numpty.
bcuster
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a post pandemic snapshot of NYC housing:
www.curbed.com
New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?
Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.
www.curbed.com
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