tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311241794595202654.post8256825145562055211..comments2023-05-14T09:44:37.080-04:00Comments on Suzannah B. Troy artist: got my little digital to go visual with the struggle: East Village vs mega dormed to death, infrastructure, NYU-VilleSuzannah B. Troy artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443929935641399108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311241794595202654.post-50937322662639583202007-12-18T18:32:00.000-05:002007-12-18T18:32:00.000-05:00Hi-five and big "old" New York style hugs to my su...Hi-five and big "old" New York style hugs to my supporters!!!!!!<BR/>Thanks!<BR/>My favorite zen saying is..."Live each moment as if your hair is on fire!" Which means give each moment all your passion as if it was your last moment!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Ironman and of course Jerimah I am huge admirer of your dedicated passionate work with Vanishing New York!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Suzannah B. Troy artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443929935641399108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311241794595202654.post-15331175845772024792007-12-18T16:05:00.000-05:002007-12-18T16:05:00.000-05:00nice job, SBT, i linked to your blog todaynice job, SBT, i linked to your blog todayJeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311241794595202654.post-42166930722932533782007-12-18T12:09:00.000-05:002007-12-18T12:09:00.000-05:00Your passion and efforts to prevent this sea of ch...Your passion and efforts to prevent this sea of change of our middle-class New York are noteworthy and I applaud you. But, I fear, your efforts are a classic example of whistling in the dark. Am I being negative? Probably, yes. Am I being realistic? Probably yes...alas.<BR/><BR/>PS Ironically, am listening to Leonard Lopate on wncy right now and he is discussing the number of artists leaving New York.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311241794595202654.post-66396704265552838712007-12-18T11:15:00.000-05:002007-12-18T11:15:00.000-05:00wwww.suzannahbtroyartist.comhere is my poem from w...wwww.suzannahbtroyartist.com<BR/>here is my poem from way back when...<BR/><BR/>Bye Town, Sty Town or Buy Town, Sty Town, bye, bye <BR/><BR/><BR/>+it is official Buy Town, Stuy Town, bye bye...<BR/><BR/>so I put my poem up on the blog...slighlty modified<BR/><BR/>Sty town<BR/>bye town<BR/>affordable housing<BR/>just another oxymoron<BR/>built for returning WW2 vets<BR/>and low income<BR/>Peter Cooper Sty Town<BR/>Bye town bye bye<BR/><BR/>when NYU made Sty town<BR/>an unofficial dorm<BR/>it was a clue<BR/>bye bye Sty town<BR/>affordable housing oxymoron<BR/><BR/><BR/>Mayor thanks for the 150 million<BR/>anti smoking donation<BR/>a man burnt my hand as he passed <BR/>me on the street<BR/>he said he is sorry<BR/>sorry but the he ain't putting <BR/>down his cigarette.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Met Life do the last good deed <BR/>for middle income <BR/>and sell Peter Cooper Sty town<BR/>to the people that have lived<BR/>there because they looked and <BR/>they can't afford Brooklyn and Queens no more<BR/>no more affordable housing<BR/>for the middle and lower income<BR/>the homeless numbers just larging up<BR/>so is litter on the street<BR/>is something wrong with our eye hand coordination<BR/>or did people just give up?<BR/>did you give up us, the people <BR/>and we gave up too?<BR/>history, historic buildings torn<BR/>down<BR/>and i never saw so much litter<BR/>on the street<BR/>My heart and soul still <BR/>mourning the 2 big Towers,<BR/>people that took the Express to Heaven,<BR/>so much so much 9-11<BR/><BR/><BR/>I voted for Bloomberg because<BR/>I thought he'd bring innovations<BR/><BR/>hello 311<BR/>NYU <BR/>tax free not for profit institution<BR/>just tore down another beautiful building<BR/>Edgar Allen Poe piece<BR/>of history all for what?<BR/>mega dorms? NYU mega domination<BR/>living in NYU ville and I thought I was <BR/>living in the East Village.<BR/>all for what?<BR/>St. Ann's survived 158 years<BR/>but not NYU's <BR/>need for yet another<BR/>mega dorm...<BR/>for what? College kids want to say they live<BR/>here, NYU, NY Law not NYU, The New<BR/>School, Cooper Union, SVA and <BR/>the small businesses keep closing <BR/>and evictions keep rising like the<BR/>monster-mega dorma <BR/>but our college kids have housing all for<BR/>and higher and higher education <BR/>so exclusive all that live<BR/>here are excluded!<BR/>we have to leave<BR/>we can't afford NYU-ville<BR/>or health insurance<BR/>or NYC anymore....<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Sty town<BR/>bye town<BR/><BR/>one day you might miss us,<BR/>will miss us<BR/>but don't come <BR/>looking <BR/>because I don't want to you<BR/>to tear down my hiding <BR/>place<BR/><BR/>bye,<BR/>Good Bye New York<BR/>as we knew you and loved<BR/>you because the Mayor <BR/>says we don't have money <BR/>and have to close our firehouses<BR/>so beautiful with the memories<BR/>the fire houses from another<BR/>century also working memorials to 911<BR/>Mayor Mike says sorry they must go <BR/>because the City is bust<BR/>but the mega rich's pockets<BR/>have never been deeper<BR/>as the supersize and uglify<BR/>and no one is policing them<BR/>City planning is high fiving<BR/>them aiding and abetting supersizng them <BR/>ignoring our pleas to <BR/>save our 'hood and our <BR/>long term community members<BR/>that continue to be forced to leave<BR/><BR/><BR/>I hand in my testimony in<BR/>for 128 East 13th to <BR/>any honorable man that<BR/>does listen, I know<BR/>Amanda Burden can't hear<BR/>our pleas and even tells<BR/>me --oops she <BR/>took my call by <BR/>accident<BR/>but she can't rationalize <BR/>the tear down of St. Ann's Church<BR/>and I tell her<BR/>the 10 alarm fire in Greenpoint<BR/>we need preserving not <BR/>destruction David Kramer calls a NYU mega dorm<BR/><BR/>City incentives to developers ain't about affordable housing<BR/>just a Trojan horse for developers<BR/>to supersize our historic communities<BR/><BR/>bye bye and it ain't just Sty town,<BR/>people keep saying sorry...<BR/><BR/>why do the mega rich <BR/>tear down our history <BR/>like terrorist and build<BR/>such ugly testiments <BR/>to the fact wealth<BR/>and power doesn't<BR/>come with <BR/>appreciation for <BR/>acestics<BR/><BR/>I listen...<BR/>who was there...?<BR/>Nobody --<BR/>embarrased <BR/>mean no celebrities...<BR/><BR/>we pass the mirrored building<BR/>in front of the big black<BR/>cube at Astory Place and <BR/>see reflections<BR/>of a hood that is changing<BR/>and that we ain't welcome. <BR/>yet the want to live <BR/>next to you and me<BR/>byeand it is all over<BR/>ain't just Sty town,<BR/>by town<BR/>bye New York City<BR/>bye bye<BR/><BR/><BR/>Come visit us soon <BR/>cause we are looking<BR/>like an ugly midtown<BR/>traffic tied up with NYU buses and trolley<BR/>so leave extra time cause <BR/>the college kids can't use <BR/>public transportation<BR/><BR/>if you don't visit<BR/>you can visit<BR/>a recreation<BR/>of the Bowery <BR/>Lower East Side<BR/>and Village East and West<BR/>in Las Vegas in a museum<BR/><BR/>but don't come look for us<BR/>you won't be visiting<BR/>the house the Ruth built<BR/>it ain't <BR/>just Peter Cooper<BR/>and Sty Town<BR/>bye town,<BR/>no Donald Trump--<BR/>leave Spring and Varrick alone,<BR/>it has been along <BR/>time coming<BR/>a slow long exodus...<BR/><BR/>bye and thanks<BR/>for the t shirt<BR/>"I love NYC <BR/>but I can't afford to <BR/>live here"<BR/>bye bye<BR/><BR/><BR/>Suzannah B. TroySuzannah B. Troy artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443929935641399108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8311241794595202654.post-69006507031165033252007-12-18T11:10:00.000-05:002007-12-18T11:10:00.000-05:00http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=6997...http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=69978&search_result=1&stid=8<BR/><BR/>Here is the link to the NY1 water main break on 7th Street and 2nd Avenue and I remember a community member telling me he and his wife reported one even closer. They live next door to the Cooper Union site but I didn't witness that one.Suzannah B. Troy artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443929935641399108noreply@blogger.com