is New York City dead?

suspect something Freudian with Trump's word choice

new york's finest love new york so much they live in different counties and states.

cops LOVE this one luxury avenue

suspect something Freudian with Trump's word choice

― below the mendoza (rip van wanko), Wednesday, July 1, 2020 11:25 AM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

oh fuck just saw it

"no YOURE the racist how could you think that"

subconscious maybe or Stephen Miller's handiwork? hard to imagine him ptting that much thought into these inanities but who knows

Plenty to criticize NYC cops about, choosing not to live in NYC isn't one of them

can't believe they're gonna paint a YELLOW sign on luxurious fifth avenue

Plenty to criticize NYC cops about, choosing not to live in NYC isn't one of them

all cops everywhere should be required to live in the communities they ostensibly serve, and not actively wanting to should be a disqualifier

it's hard though when complaints force your relocation to another department

given that we are now about an hour in to July 5, perhaps we can stop with the motherfucking fireworks already

4:30 AM “wake up” call. Yup, I’m up now!

https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/more-than-1300-nyc-covid-19-victims-awaiting-burial-in-freezers

https://bklyner.com/new-york-jobless-face-new-woes-with-end-of-600-pandemic-unemployment-assistance/
dunno man, they need to address this in the next two weeks or there's gonna be a citywide rent strike

Where the f is everybody? Quiet today

People think it’s going to rain? Lightweights

weather is for old people

Right?

we are old people tho

i was hoping no one would notice

weather doesn’t exist

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec0hChBXoAAeb08?format=jpg&name=large

AJ Parkinson would be proud

EUROPEANS

http://80s.nyc/

That's pretty cool. My neighborhood looked so much grottier back then. I wish the photos were a bit sharper though - they're like tantalizing glimpses.

WHY ARE THESE PHOTOS SO SMALL/GRAINY?

The Finance Department recorded each 1980s print as one frame on Laser Video Disks (LVDs), using analog video capture. When the Archives obtained possession of the photo set, they extracted low-resolution TIFF files of each LVD frame. This site uses the low-res JPG thumbnails of these TIFFs.

The underlying photos of individual buildings represented by these thumbnails won’t win any prizes for technical merit. They’re small, grainy, washed out and often the buildings might be unrecognizable. Still, taken as a whole, the thumbnails paint a distinctive picture of New York City in the 1980s – in many places, recovering from near-bankruptcy in the prior decade which left hulks of burned-out buildings and garbage-strewn lots; in other places, hanging on to the grandeur and glory of the greatest city in the world.

fascinating to see that my building already had this ugly green siding on it in the mid-80s

The tax assessment photos they did in the 1940s look a lot clearer - those are online too

https://abc7ny.com/covid-19-news-update-nj-face-masks-in/6308656/
this leaves me fucked

ouch sorry U

but it looked inevitable lately

the stupid thing is that post-protest it's becoming clear that open air, masked events are relatively safe. this is political.

pretty cool that not a single major arts institution in new york can lift a finger to help la monte young and marian zazeela keep the dreamhouse alive.
https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/save-the-dream-house-keep-our-dream-alive/melafoundationincdreamhouse?utm_campaign=ocdonate&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=crowdrise&fbclid=IwAR2hA8LF6DemHCSsHy89tjsS5kIWc2EX2sXVedPEQgWxazr9qaK2_dXJz9w

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de Blasio, NYPD clear Occupy City Hall

https://gothamist.com/news/nypd-clears-occupy-city-hall-pre-dawn-raid

de blasio retire bitch

queens bringing some masala to the legislature!!!! https://t.co/25bBXU7bSQ

— fainan 🧹 (@socialistfai) July 22, 2020

https://ny.eater.com/2020/8/5/21354365/nyc-prospect-park-homemade-cocktail-sale

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/nyregion/nyc-economy-chain-stores.html

“There’s no reason to do business in New York,” Mr. Weinstein said. “I can do the same volume in Florida in the same square feet as I would have in New York, with my expenses being much less. The idea was that branding and locations were important, but the expense of being in this city has overtaken the marketing group that says you have to be there.”

For four months, the Victoria’s Secret flagship store at Herald Square in Manhattan has been closed and not paying its $937,000 monthly rent. “It will be years before retail has even a chance of returning to New York City in its pre-Covid form,” the retailer’s parent company recently told its landlord in a legal document.

unrelated but still:
https://ny.eater.com/2020/8/11/21361791/sour-patch-kids-store-opens-noho

The company’s first brick-and-mortar operations includes plans for a candy-fueled cafe, slinging unasked-for creations like a milkshake topped with a slice of rainbow cake and Sour Patch Kids-flavored cookie dough, the latter of which has been created in partnership with popular cookie dough brand Do.

not paying its $937,000 monthly rent

welcome to the resistance

“ not paying its $937,000 monthly rent. “It will be years before retail has even a chance of returning to New York City in its pre-Covid form,” the retailer’s parent company recently told its landlord in a legal document.”

stfu dingdong

so yeah why would anyone wan't to live in NYC at this point?

Sigh big retail is gone there Goes the neighborhood

what exactly is going to fill those spaces is my question, more overpriced office buildings after people have been working remote for most of the year?

paying crazy rent in a tiny apt to do what this winter when there isn't even outside dining or outside activities?

I have a colleague who predicts unoccupied retail spaces are going to be taken over by well-armed homeless people during the next few months

Hmm. I don’t think anyone has ever considered such a perspective! Go on...

Xp to carne

fuck me for bring it up then! you got it all figured out no need to discuss further