Awaiting Hollywood Glitter Along the East River

not me.

there is another article in the new york times about the silvercup studios waterfront plan, and how it may affect the residents of the queensbridge projects. my favorite line of the article is this: "If two developers have their way, Queensbridge may soon have a sister city." yeah, like two sisters separated at birth. i also like the way they don't refer to the housing that will be part of the complex as luxury when someone asks if they are going to have "unaffordable housing." the ny times clarifies by writing, "In fact, all the Silvercup West housing will be market rate," aka luxury. the thing that drives me insane about this city and all of the new development is the fact that there are a lot of perfectly good buildings that are standing empty right now. we need to nurture the city's history, not destroy it.

i think that i'm going to run against the lic city council member, eric gioia, in 2009. watch out, gioia, that anti-graffiti platform has nothing on my platform. boo yah!