Comments on: A Faceless New York (Part 2) http://kriheli.com/2008/08/a-faceless-new-york-part-2/ Getting Rich With No Money Down Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:18:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ebay hot items http://kriheli.com/2008/08/a-faceless-new-york-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Ebay hot items Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:34:56 +0000 http://kriheli.com/?p=37#comment-18 Very interesting site, nice design, greetings Very interesting site, nice design, greetings

]]> By: Arvi Raquel-Santos http://kriheli.com/2008/08/a-faceless-new-york-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Arvi Raquel-Santos Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:04:34 +0000 http://kriheli.com/?p=37#comment-17 Funny, these two postings sound so much like a New Yorker. Even though I've been away from that city for so long, its still home and when I come home and it doesn't look familiar its very disturbing. Like you, I welcome decreased crime and making things look beautiful but I agree that New York City has lost a lot of its edge. Change is inevitable, however, and am looking forward to NYC one day finding its true identity. We're still sending our garbage to Jersey right? Funny, these two postings sound so much like a New Yorker. Even though I’ve been away from that city for so long, its still home and when I come home and it doesn’t look familiar its very disturbing. Like you, I welcome decreased crime and making things look beautiful but I agree that New York City has lost a lot of its edge. Change is inevitable, however, and am looking forward to NYC one day finding its true identity.

We’re still sending our garbage to Jersey right?

]]> By: HarlemWriter http://kriheli.com/2008/08/a-faceless-new-york-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11 HarlemWriter Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:46:49 +0000 http://kriheli.com/?p=37#comment-11 I feel your pain. My neighborhood has changed overnight. It wasn't hardcore like The Boogie Down, but now there's a Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, and Subway sandwich five minutes from my front door. These franchises wouldn't have venture above West 96th Street three years ago. With the influx of new money, so comes the overpriced high-rises that are opening at a breakneck pace out of suitcases. Gentrification breeds nightmares, restless days, and uncertainty among the natives. While not a native New Yorker, Manhattan has been home long enough that I've feelings of nostalgia and displacement. I feel your pain. My neighborhood has changed overnight. It wasn’t hardcore like The Boogie Down, but now there’s a Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, and Subway sandwich five minutes from my front door. These franchises wouldn’t have venture above West 96th Street three years ago. With the influx of new money, so comes the overpriced high-rises that are opening at a breakneck pace out of suitcases.

Gentrification breeds nightmares, restless days, and uncertainty among the natives. While not a native New Yorker, Manhattan has been home long enough that I’ve feelings of nostalgia and displacement.

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