Open Thread: Do The Right Thing Edition
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later,…
The 20th anniversary of the release of Spike Lee’s ground-breaking movie Do The Right Thing, which dealt with a day in the life of a block in Bed Stuy, and in so doing brought the multi-layered issues of gentrification race coexistence and conflict in the inner city to a broader national audience. Two decades later, how much has changed and how much remains the same?
“i hearby bequeef”
ROFL I won’t even get into a discussion on queefs…good heavens Rob, I’m dying laughing over here!
Etson, if you decide to go see Peter Gray let me know. I’ll email you and give you my full real name so you can let him know I referred you to him.
“The disparity between Bed Stuy brownstones and thos 1-3 miles away, essentially 3 – 4 subway stops was a discount that was unsustainable.”
Unsustainable over multiple cycles. We’re talking about this cycle. You can still “get it” (gunplay or pockets dug) in Bed Stuy.
“BHO, you and the other members of Team bear really need to listen to the comments being made by Mssrs. Case and Schiller….
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aIbMtWW6cVO4
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I’ve listened. They’re only referring to the change from March to April of the 20-city index which is heavily skewed by cities that have already posted 50% losses or worse. Only 8 of these 20 cities have shown price increases (1.2% max): Dallas, Denver, Cleveland, the District of Columbia, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta and Seattle. Where’s NY Metro? I’ll tell you where it is – the Bed Stuy 5 times thread.
All that doesn’t matter though. We’ve already had blips, slight month-to-month increases even here in NY. Let’s talk rolling year-over-year change. That’s going nowhere but down. The powers that be have gotten to Carl and Bob and are making them spin their own numbers (like they have with Roubini). Cash rules. But on multiple occasions, both Roubini and Shiller have claimed that things were worse than they thought (Shiller last month). The YOY perspective of their numbers does not lie.
You people only imply the relevance of Case-Shiller with brownstone Brooklyn when skewed upwards, month-to-month, with the 20-city average. A false glimmer of hope.
Where are you when the specific NY Metro index shows price hemorhhaging?
***Bid half off peak comps***
ugh i feel so bad for my friend she just told me that the woman she has been renting a house from for the last TWENTY YEARS has given her two months to get out. she’s freaking out.
and my will would probably go along the lines of
i hearby bequeef the following
-four, 200 DVD binders of porn, all genres to xxx
-3000+ video games and old systems to xxx
okay, seriously, other than a couple of bean bags and some used street furniture and paintings and books, i dont have anyone else lol.
hey randi, does my obituary make you :~(
*rob*
Tomorrow is Canada Day. Biff must be on a bender.
Thanks Snappy and DIBS.
Hoping it is v.premature!! But like cobble said it’s something that one should have.
couldn’t be Israeli, dave. He was a grandson of Ham 🙂
As you may imagine, gay estates are particularly troublesome upon the death of one person when there is a partner but no will. The family gets everything. You need PofA and Healthcare PofA. Oftentimes you will be denied visitation rights when there’s hospitalization without the latter.
Oh, crapsticks! If they are selling something other than expired food and drink I’ll just die! If it is in fact a front, then it’s a damned good one.