The Death Of Soho

[JetSetGo!]

Hmmm...Are you saying it wasn't right to move into Harlem when it's the only place left I can afford?

Believe me. I did not want to move here. I couldn't be farther from the places I love. But as I said, it was the neighborhood I could afford.

Seeing my neighborhood become a nightlife and funded cool-kid mecca, basking in the "new and safe" New York wasn't my choice. But it is a reality.

I'm not happy about it, but it's the growth of the city. I would have loved to stay downtown, but such is change.

I can't explain the full history of each lot in my current neighborhood, but I can tell you, overall, my area was in desperate shambles in the very near past. Growth and recovery was and is necessary for its survival. Just as it was in Alphabet City.

The day is looming when I will have helped make this neighborhood an acceptable place to live again, and I will no longer be able to afford it.

Again, I'm not happy about it, but it is reality.

 

[modelmama]

I find it refreshing that not all Americans or TFS'er are brainwashed with con$umer'itis (not a real word)

I live in Harlem and every weekend, mainly on a Sunday, theres always a tour bus filled to the max with tourists checking out the urban landscapes.

The once forbiddened locale where danger was once lurking on every street corner...has a zoo like feel to it now - With the tourists and eager visitors entralled with the raw beauty of harlem.

Like they are on an urban safari!
It tinkles the hell outta me

Downtown is now a caricature of its old self though.

Once an area of creativity and energy is now filled with creative energy on how to grab your dollars. A friend related to me the other day on how they are now calling Bleecker Street, little Madison Ave.

Not every neighborhood should be a shopping district.


Peace &

 

[thounowest]

Although i must say that Soho obtains one of the most significant types of architecture in the world... Beautiful old Cast-Iron buildings mixed with Second empire baroque styles, every time Im in soho I cant help but appreciate the type of architecture it holds and it certainly never fails to inspire me not to mention I love the preservation of the old cobble stone roads.
In this sense I suppose Soho is more alive then ever B)

 

[mkd1187]

^ but we know how much you love the scaffolding!

 

[thounowest]

euwww ^