#post-gentrification

[notesonnewyork]

I can make you dance, I can make you sing I can make you dance, I can make you sing If you want me to-- 

Oh, I can make you dance, I can make you sing I can make you dance, I can make you sing If you want me to--

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(Lyrics taken from “In the Mood” by Robert Plant,1983. Photo by Riff Chorusriff. On West 52nd Street between 8th Avenue and Broadway, this is all that remains of the old Roseland Ballroom. February 28, 2018. Previously:

http://notesonnewyork.tumblr.com/post/169418580448/blade-runner-part-7-actually-uh-im-from-the )

[notesonnewyork]

In just a glance Down here on Magic Street Love’s a fool’s dance I haven’t got much sense, but I still got my feet

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(Lyrics taken from “Girls in their Summer Clothes” by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 2007. Photo by Riff Chorusriff. Looking from 541 to 525 Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. December 18, 2017....

Almost two years to the date I last snapped a photo here, 535 Atlantic Avenue--the fourth building down, left of that “Grand Opening” banner with the blackened bay window--is still sadly vacant. Previously:

http://notesonnewyork.tumblr.com/post/139345260278/absurd-new-york-47-atlantic-avenue-edition-on-an )

[notesonnewyork]

“Have a Cigar”

Come out here, dear boy, buy up some land A condo looks grand You can build high They can’t stop you if you try We’ve got investors on the sly The pols’ll love you

I’ve always hated Beaux-Arts, Greek, Romanesque, and Italianate All-Glass is just fantastic That is really what I think Oh by the way, Queen Annes stink!

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy? We call it Siphon the Neighborhood

Locals get priced out But luxury flats sell out You gotta find a starchitect You owe it to the people Perhaps another Gehry you can flaunt

All the brokers here are just green Bring in the sale charts With the tax abatement parts This place could molt into a monster If we all put together LLCs

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy? We call it Siphon the Neighborhood

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(Words and melody adapted from “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd, 1975. Photographs by Riff Chorusriff. The onslaught of glass high rises in Long Island City, Queens. August 26, 2016.)