is New York City dead?

ffs

What a perfectly normal, functional city we have here. https://t.co/CpHJvfJY1X pic.twitter.com/PbQS2e8Gq9

— Chris 😷'Leary (@ohhleary) April 20, 2021

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?

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.

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

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

If a cop does it does it matter if its official or not

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.

dudes who wear sandals on the street, what are you thinking? You’re in LA?

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

“You look like an idiot”
I don’t know how else to say it

Wow New York sounds harsh, relax

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-view-from-inside-a-brooklyn-junior-high
http://media.newyorker.com/photos/608717a08f675fab920cdbf3/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Meisler-Bushwick-13.jpg

Excellent !

Wow, I love that.

the photo essay I mean, not the statement that Mrs Miester is a Bitch. No opinion on that one.

you mean "bicth"

clearly says eicth

MC Eicth from Brooklyn's Most Wanted

https://www.stereogum.com/2147135/rough-trade-nyc-moving-to-rockefeller-center/news/

Huh?

Wow!

Ok…

Their poor staff

Great location actually, catch those tourist dollars snapping up them one direction LPs and such

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.

Held me over until Other Music opened, I guess.

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.

citation needed

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

DO U SEE?

Lol at coconuts
I think I bought the stones “flashpoint” at the location on 6th ave and 8 st.

Thanks. Have they ever been mentioned in an RIP Brick and Mortar Record Store thread before, I wonder.

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.

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.

woooo midtown is where I work, and I revisit the office for the first time in over a year tomorrow. kinda excited. to get chopt for lunch.

fyi I like midtown

Me, I am looking forward to eating at Cava again.

that's my alternate, but after a year of... not being so great about exercising, the green salad might get pride of place

TS CAVA vs. Chopt

Chopt does have the reggae soundtrack thing going for it as well.

Also hear you about the exercise

I guess I forgot about the reggae soundtrack. tomorrow will be the first time I *ever* commute from my current apartment to work. moved in last july. what a trip!

I had cava for lunch today. Falafel pita. They fucking smothered that thing in sauces

And how did that work for you?

👍🏻

Got halal guys a few weeks ago and let me tell you how awesome it was

Why don't you bring on over to: The Flashy Crawl on Biryani Carts, Convenience Stores, etc.

Cava is the best.

Halal Guys is has nothing on Sammys Halal and it makes me angry.

I am baffled by the love for Halal Guys. They have the worst hot sauce and white sauce I’ve ever had. I would take generic halal truck over them any day.

You know what’s underrated though speaking of bowl places - Dill & Parsley. That place is the tits.

All those office lunch factory spots are soul sucking imo