New Yorkers: Weigh in on the Swiftly Sprouting ASTOR PLACE "Luxury" High Rise

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I just walked past it on the way to the 6 (East Village reprezent) and, again, I agree. It's going to be an eyesore of a building.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)

astor place has already had the hell gentrified out of it, as tracer points out. you describe it upthread as "skater kids, gutter punks, irritating NYU'rs and pretentious Cooper Union brats hanging out at the Cube right in front of your lobby, the constant traffic stemming from Lafayette zooming up to 4th Avenue, the constant spillout of human cattle coming in and out of the Astor Place subway station." it's like someone's trying to pave prospect park. the area is a total nightmare anyway. from an urban conservationist perspective, i don't see how this will make it worse. and if you're worried about martini-swigging eurotrash, note that page six ground zero butter has been right there on lafayette street for a while now.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh man fuck people who drive cars in Manhattan.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:14 (twenty-one years ago)

― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

the area is a total nightmare anyway

Well, yeah, but why make it worse?

Butter is awful. For some reason, I'm on their mailing list, and I cannot for the life of me fathom how that came to be.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

you knew someone in high school

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Could be. I went to its former incarnation as Belgo (and my wife stole an etched beer glass from them...very naughty), but never to Butter.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:02 (twenty-one years ago)

i http://www.brama.com/news/press/030816blackout2003NYC/thumbs/030814blackout2003vl004people.JPG

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm waiting for the day amusement park-esque mascotts just start roaming the streets of NYC hugging everybody.

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.offoffoff.com/film/2001/images/downtown81.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.continentalnyc.com/images/3.jpg

(for those wondering why I'm posting this pic of Nashville Pussy on a thread devoted to Astor Place, The Continental is just to the East of the building site on 3rd Avenue. I was actually at the show, I must confess).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 23:41 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.continentalnyc.com/images/cont_cd_v1.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Long gone....

http://webtunes.com/coney/coneys.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.popsmear.com/popculture/features/22/images/coneyoutside.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.in-nyc.com/in-bars/images/grassroots-tavern.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 23:48 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.nycgoth.com/shops/venus_records/venus_records.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 August 2004 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, Alex. Your pics have made me nostalgic for places I pretty much disliked in the first place. Namely Coney Island High ('cept for the great, great Green Door parties in their basement space. Fond memories) and Venus. But - hey - Change, man. 'Tis inevitable.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Saturday, 14 August 2004 00:57 (twenty-one years ago)

great Green Door parties in their basement space

I so miss those.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:03 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.beautifulmonde.com/pict/nyc_lower3.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.urban75.org/photos/newyork/images/ny376.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I walk past the second to last building every day on the way to the subway.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

And tonight walking past Tower I realized where you get your inspiration for the cover connections! I saw the Los Lobos cover and thought it was that Bunnymen best of.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-08-12%2011.35.12%20-0700/Image-96FA5D9CEC8D11D8.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:53 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.afscet.asso.fr/afscetcafe/gaston/astor_place_2.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:56 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.samsoloman.com/photoalbumn/ny2002/100-0095_IMG.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

This is making me nostalgic and I fucking live here.

― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.jewishprintsandpaintings.com/images/CityscapeLandscape/BIGastorplacenight.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.a4.net/svensk/vykort/vykort01/img01/01_astor.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.tokyotales.com/gallery/photos/ny/street/astor31.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

in 1980, apparently...

http://www.godlis.com/street_pages/Images/17.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

God, those images make my teeth ache with longing.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Television on St.Mark's Place...

http://www.godlis.com/punk_page2/images/1.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.godlis.com/punk_page3/images/3.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 August 2004 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

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