without that office space being occupied I mean, obv
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
This can of beer and a large paper coffee cup, please
― calstars, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
I agree. Goodbye and good riddance to the daily commute. I wonder how it will reshape Manhattan though, especially Midtown and the Financial District. Maybe it will be possible to find a good, reasonably priced restaurant for dinner in Midtown again.
The New York state legislature formally voted to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana for adults and expunge the records of people previously convicted of possession.
make it the new W33d District
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
Hamsterdam
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 13:46 (three years ago) link
New Hamsterdam
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
happy legal weed day
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
No more Pyramid Club.
First NYC bar I ever set foot in. It was that and Babyland down Avenue A the same night.
― Josefa, Thursday, 1 April 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link
Places I thought were already .....
― It Is Dangerous to Meme Inside (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 April 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link
Yeah I probably should have dropped in there at some point in the past 20 years. See what happens.
― Josefa, Friday, 2 April 2021 00:21 (three years ago) link
get out there and drop dem tens
― calstars, Friday, 2 April 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
We went once, sometime in the past 6ish years, out of nostalgia. It was the classic 80s night and it was a bit like a theme park in a sad way.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Friday, 2 April 2021 00:45 (three years ago) link
walked around chelsea for a half hour today, it's fucking bleak out there.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 April 2021 04:44 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/nyregion/nyc-population-pandemic-recovery.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 2 April 2021 05:17 (three years ago) link
many VAX avail at Javitz apparently (1030AM, Friday 4/2)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 2 April 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
There has been temporary dislocation, but I think it’s mostly a phenomenon among people who have the resources to move. If you ask me what the real threat to the city is, I will tell you the real threat is that we stop attracting immigrants.
BOOMING POST
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Friday, 2 April 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
yup
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
I was around Union Square area briefly today -- first time back in the city in some months -- and it certainly did not feel dead. Maybe slightly less bustling than before but even that is pretty bustling by the standards of anywhere else.
Did not feel like I had missed Manhattan atmosphere, but had a couple slices of Joe's pizza and certainly did miss that.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 4 April 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
ffs
What a perfectly normal, functional city we have here. https://t.co/CpHJvfJY1X pic.twitter.com/PbQS2e8Gq9— Chris 😷'Leary (@ohhleary) April 20, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
I don't get it, why would undercover cops be getting rid of OpenStreets barriers? They don't seem like the most likely suspect at all to me?
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
seems v plausible to me - cops love cars, love driving, and are aligned politically with reactionary car drivers who view Open Streets, like bike lanes etc., as illegitimate namby-pamby uses of space which could instead be devoted to driving as fast as possible at all times. so if they have secret fake amazon vans and an attitude of total impunity to rules/oversight/procedure, why not use the vans to destroy the Open Streets?idk, it makes as much sense as a non-cop with similar beliefs and a fake (or legitimate!) Amazon van doing the same thing.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Cops know they’re gonna get away with it whereas amazon employees would absolutely get sold out by the mothership if there was a hint of bad press. And now there is regardless if amazon is letting the NYPD clone their vehicles for surveillance purposes xp
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
oh well if the argument is "it's probably an off-duty cop just acting on his own" well then sure no doubt, I thought they were saying this was an actual NYPD operation
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
If a cop does it does it matter if its official or not
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
i think the idea is that it might be an actual NYPD operation to have fake Amazon vans (nobody knows, because there is no meaningful oversight of this thug agency), and officers might choose to use that resource to carry this out. agreed with Jimmy the Mod, whether that's done off duty or not would be effectively meaningless.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
dudes who wear sandals on the street, what are you thinking? You’re in LA?
― calstars, Sunday, 25 April 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
i think i'm going to the bodega but if you catch me more than two blocks from my house, please feel free to heckle
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 25 April 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
“You look like an idiot”I don’t know how else to say it
― calstars, Sunday, 25 April 2021 23:50 (three years ago) link
Wow New York sounds harsh, relax
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 26 April 2021 01:03 (three years ago) link
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-view-from-inside-a-brooklyn-junior-highhttp://media.newyorker.com/photos/608717a08f675fab920cdbf3/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Meisler-Bushwick-13.jpg
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 April 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
Excellent !
― calstars, Thursday, 29 April 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
Wow, I love that.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 29 April 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
the photo essay I mean, not the statement that Mrs Miester is a Bitch. No opinion on that one.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 29 April 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
you mean "bicth"
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Thursday, 29 April 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
clearly says eicth
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 April 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
MC Eicth from Brooklyn's Most Wanted
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 29 April 2021 22:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2147135/rough-trade-nyc-moving-to-rockefeller-center/news/
Huh?
― Evan, Monday, 10 May 2021 18:32 (three years ago) link
Wow!
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Ok…
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 10 May 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
Their poor staff
― ian, Monday, 10 May 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
Great location actually, catch those tourist dollars snapping up them one direction LPs and such
― calstars, Monday, 10 May 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
I used to work right there, on 52nd Street, and would sometimes shop at the Coconuts which for all I know was in the exact same location, but I didn't feel great about it.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
Held me over until Other Music opened, I guess.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
I found this in Wikipedia, under 1290 Avenue of the Americas, which I guess is a block up from the new Rough Trade, on 51st.
Back in the 1990s, when I was based in New York City, this was a location of Coconuts. And on 21 November 1994, Mariah Carey was here to do a meet-and-greet to sign her then-new Christmas release, Merry Christmas. A key single from that album, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," went on to become the most popular Christmas song ever.On that day, I was right here. The bank lobby to the right was the store entrance, and this ATM lobby was where Mariah would have sat at a desk to meet with the fans. Out where I am on the sidewalk was where the line was - circling the entire block. After a 12-hour wait, I managed to say hello, and have a chat. (The meet-and-greet ran only two hours, 5PM to 7PM. I had arrived at dawn to line up.)This event marked my first-ever meeting with my favorite celebrity. I would not have another celebrity meeting until 2006.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
citation needed
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 10 May 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
Heh. Let’s see if this works:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1290_Avenue_of_the_Americas_(formerly_Coconuts_record_store);_site_of_the_historic_1994_meeting_between_Mariah_Carey_and_yours_truly_(7231532572).jpg
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link
DO U SEE?
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
Lol at coconutsI think I bought the stones “flashpoint” at the location on 6th ave and 8 st.
― calstars, Monday, 10 May 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
Thanks. Have they ever been mentioned in an RIP Brick and Mortar Record Store thread before, I wonder.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
i assume part of the reason for this is that the rent on 2000 sq ft of commercial space in midtown manhattan is <<<<< the rent on 10000 sq ft in williamsburg. it might even be less than the rent on 2000 sq ft in williamsburg.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 10 May 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
Yeah really curious to see what happens in Manhattan. My anecdotal data suggests Williamsburg is totally popping and even downtown Manhattan is lively but flatiron to midtown is a ghost town.
― dan selzer, Monday, 10 May 2021 23:15 (three years ago) link