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Princess Turandot

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33. There's a small street that dead ends on the east site of the lot...

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 06:02 PM

Jul 2014

called 'Freedom Place South'. My guess is that's what they're referring to. (I had the same reaction as you did re: alleys). I imagine that the lower rent units are slated to be on that side of the future building, which does not have the river view.

40 Riverside Boulevard is the vacant lot in the satellite view:

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NYC Approves Apartment Building With Separate Entrance for Poor People [View all] onehandle Jul 2014 OP

Unfuggenbelievable. lpbk2713 Jul 2014 #1

What the hell does that mean? brooklynite Jul 2014 #71

Why on Earth would DiBlasio be ok with this? n/t. Ken Burch Jul 2014 #2

to get the low-income units Enrique Jul 2014 #5

It reflects badly on poor folks too, when they let themselves be made doormats! IrishAyes Jul 2014 #21

I doubt they're "letting" themselves be doormats. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #25

Take it how you will. I believe in fighting for my rights, IrishAyes Jul 2014 #29

I couldn't agree more. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #32

Try to wrap your head around this: IrishAyes Jul 2014 #36

Again, you're blaming the victim here. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #37

Actually there's enough blame to go around. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #48

I think you misread what I said. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #65

But you're saying on the one hand everyone should, then making exceptions for those it would IrishAyes Jul 2014 #67

Yes, and Rosa Parks and MLK and others made sacrifices that they felt they were willing to make. F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #68

GET REAL. AS IF poor women would get anywhere with your "revolt." WHY DON'T YOU START IT? WinkyDink Jul 2014 #39

How would YOU know what I have/have not been up to over the years, IrishAyes Jul 2014 #57

Stop twisting my words - or don't you know the difference between starting something IrishAyes Jul 2014 #59

You have to ask yourself Android3.14 Jul 2014 #50

Thank you. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #58

It's called "leverage." They have none. WinkyDink Jul 2014 #38

Exactly. nt F4lconF16 Jul 2014 #40

See #60. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #61

Wrong again, buster. What you don't see is not necessarily non-existent. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #60

He likely wasn't in office yet. silverweb Jul 2014 #8

I would like to think he is'nt Betty88 Jul 2014 #77

I know who the mayors were before that...don't patronize me. Ken Burch Jul 2014 #96

Wow mindem Jul 2014 #3

Let them eat cake. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #4

I will let my signature speak for itself. edhopper Jul 2014 #6

What do you people expect - TBF Jul 2014 #7

Yeah and I hear Airbus is designing their beds. bluesbassman Jul 2014 #11

Not too far from the truth actually. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #15

I was being sarcastic but I do understand TBF Jul 2014 #18

I think it is already too late for that too or will be by the time the adjustments TheKentuckian Jul 2014 #63

... TBF Jul 2014 #69

Those guys might find themselves sitting atop an ash heap, too. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #84

But they make up for it by making those apartments postage stamp size, not hollysmom Jul 2014 #34

I lived in a couple of these buildings. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #42

I had travel trailer hollysmom Jul 2014 #47

No doubt with separate water mains as well IDemo Jul 2014 #9

Yeah, in a way jmowreader Jul 2014 #14

great idea Adam051188 Jul 2014 #10

Let's see leftynyc Jul 2014 #12

I saw two NY officials interviewed about this on CNN. onehandle Jul 2014 #17

There's a small street that dead ends on the east site of the lot... Princess Turandot Jul 2014 #33

Although there is a different entrance, Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #13

Out of sight, out of mind kcr Jul 2014 #51

Not defending it - just explaining the mindset. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #74

Translation: HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #16

See my post #13 above yours. Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #19

My jaw dropped when I read the headline. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #20

I'm sure the lobby elevators won't stop at the poor floor BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #22

I would prefer a separate entrance So I wouldn't have to rub shoulders with the rich. Denis 11 Jul 2014 #23

Preach! WinkyDink Jul 2014 #41

That's what I was thinking too! n/t PasadenaTrudy Jul 2014 #89

Next up, they will live and work underground their whole lives ck4829 Jul 2014 #24

Tell that to F4lconF16. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #31

and be called the Troglytes - the rich will live on floating islands above the Earth aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #52

tick tick tick randys1 Jul 2014 #26

tock tock tock onehandle Jul 2014 #46

The French Aristocracy never saw it coming either. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #62

I'd put up a sign on that entrance. hobbit709 Jul 2014 #27

I like your thinking, but this place sounds like Jamastiene Jul 2014 #44

That's a stupid idea. I'm poor and I live in an apartment building. If my building had a Louisiana1976 Jul 2014 #28

Of course they do! NYC is battleground central in the Class War. Rex Jul 2014 #30

For some reason.... daleanime Jul 2014 #35

That is sickening. Jamastiene Jul 2014 #43

Disgusting. oxymoron Jul 2014 #45

Dickensian solutions for our times! Generic Other Jul 2014 #49

What's the difference between this and buying an airline ticket? badtoworse Jul 2014 #53

Not the same thing at all... devils chaplain Jul 2014 #55

To everyone ready to "fight" in this thread...what are you going to do? brooklynite Jul 2014 #73

Great points JustAnotherGen Jul 2014 #76

Well... devils chaplain Jul 2014 #83

Of course there are perks. badtoworse Jul 2014 #75

Sunk costs, most all... the big "perk" is not being confused with the little people... devils chaplain Jul 2014 #82

The doorman needs to be paid, the red carpet needs to be kept clean,... badtoworse Jul 2014 #87

wow, what other amenities await them? Takket Jul 2014 #54

By 'thinking' as some of the like-minded posters in this thread, that's how. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #64

UNREC brooklynite Jul 2014 #72

The more things change, the more they stay the same ... Scuba Jul 2014 #56

Pigs. rug Jul 2014 #66

There'll always be an England... brooklynite Jul 2014 #70

There'll always be an England? ALWAYS? IrishAyes Jul 2014 #86

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” RKP5637 Jul 2014 #78

SMH Mr Dixon Jul 2014 #79

Very likely, the low-rent apartments will be completely separate MineralMan Jul 2014 #80

Sweet! They use them to get the tax breaks, then... Frustratedlady Jul 2014 #81

Or move in and then give 'em hell every way possible. IrishAyes Jul 2014 #85

Anyone who has a problem with this needs to understand.... NCTraveler Jul 2014 #88

exactly... Takket Jul 2014 #90

+1 geardaddy Jul 2014 #94

What's amazing about this thread is that NOBODY knows what the apartments are like... brooklynite Jul 2014 #91

I mentioned several times that these are legitimate $5,000 per month apartments... Lucky Luciano Jul 2014 #92

Or, you could just get the fuck out of NYC and live like an adult human being somewhere else Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2014 #93

Here's a hint...some people WANT to live in NYC brooklynite Jul 2014 #97

some life, Sen. Walter Sobchak Jul 2014 #98

So, more room for the rest of us... brooklynite Jul 2014 #99

Somewhere in Hell geardaddy Jul 2014 #95