Archive for the 'SoHo Blog' Category
The Putsch
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves. — R. A. Butler (1902 - 1982)While the consensus among politicians is that most political clubs are not all that relevant any longer, you wou…
Indigestion Pricing
Politics is the art of preventing citizens from taking part in affairs that properly concern them.– Paul ValeryI don’t want any yes-man around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even whether it costs them their jobs.– Samuel GoldwynWhile many politicians see the Mayor’s “Congestion P…
Standing for Something
Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.– John BenfieldAll capability is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the society, and for the folks all springs, and all must exist.– Benjamin DisraeliSince the worker fell to his death at Trump SoHo, there has…
Rumors or Realities?
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.–Yogi Berra The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even lessthan you settled for.–Maureen DowdSo far we have a few uncommitted candidates for next year’s fireworks.The Presidential election doesn’t garner all that much interest amo…
In Memoriam
Great artists are often “discovered” after they have left us. It has been true of the Masters and is true among those 20th Century painters that we have come to love and respect.While Adrienne Goldberg may not yet have arrived at that Pantheon of artistic luminaries of that new century, she was …
The Party Line
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. — Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)The January 31st deadline for a decision on the Pier 40 RFP has come and gone and …
Political Overtones
Politics is not a poor profession. whether you succeed there are many rewards, whether you shame yourself you can always write a book. — Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)Pier 40 remains the hot topic for SoHo, Hudson Square, Greenwich Village and Tribeca. For Greenwich Village, Pier 40 is only moment i…
Worker’s Fatal 42-Story Plunge at Trump Soho
Photograph of the Trump Soho that dawn by Riccardo Santi
Work has been stopped at the Trump Soho interpretation site, the day after an accident caused one worker to fall 42 stories to his death. The FDNY says the workers had been filling wooden forms (one was a 20-foot-square section) with wet…
Breaking: Accident at Trump Soho, One Fatality
Photographs from reader Matt K.
There are reports that a crane lost its load of concrete beams at Spring and 6th Avenue. The beams hit the building and sidewalk scaffolding and folks are trapped. One fatality is being reported.
Photograph of workers on the sidewalk pointing by from stconr…
Breaking: Accident, Scaffolding break down at Trump Soho; One Fatality, At Least One Injured
Photograph of an injured worker being unloaded from the interpretation bucket from reader Nick S.
There are reports that a crane lost its load of concrete beams at Spring and 6th Avenue. The beams hit the building and sidewalk scaffolding and society are trapped. One fatality is being reported.
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What’s The Motivation?
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. Behind every great fortune there is a crime.– Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850)When the Stella Adler Theatre Studio was located on the upper West Side during the 60’s, she had a reputation for getting to the botto…
A Christmas story – Schmucks ‘R Us
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to construct a idiot of yourself. — Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)Christmas shopping was much more interesting that year.To instill some sense of responsibility in our children it is sometimes essential to teach the young ones a lesson. Instead of using…
Downtown Dilemma
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. Voltaire (1694 - 1778)Making decisions on the waterfront are just as difficult now as it was for Brando’s character in On the Waterfront. And, the old ILA…
