Soaking Up Some Salvage at the Fest
At Saturday’s Salvage Fest, the sun was shining (a little too hard but we can’t complain), most of the dealers showed up on time and attendees (some of whom came from as far as Chicago) showed up in droves, some with measuring tapes in hand, to see what all the fuss was about. Thanks to…
At Saturday’s Salvage Fest, the sun was shining (a little too hard but we can’t complain), most of the dealers showed up on time and attendees (some of whom came from as far as Chicago) showed up in droves, some with measuring tapes in hand, to see what all the fuss was about. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come and helped make it a special day for us. (We particulaly enjoyed getting a chance to meet so many readers!) In addition, a special thanks to Principal Wrighton, Amy Oztan from the PTA and Councilwoman James for helping to make the event possible. And, of course, a big shout-out to all the dealers (listed on the jump) who took a chance on a first-time event. It’s safe to say we’ll be doing more of this type of event in the future. Lots of photos in the Flickr set on the link; or view as a slideshow here.
Salvage Fest Photo Set [Flickr]
Silver Fox
Moon River Chattel
Olde Good Things
Demolition Depot
Build It Green
Reclaimed Home
Architectural Salvage News
Eddie’s Salvage
Suzanne’s Salvage
The problem with all these conversations is that it forces even the most rational person to make generalizations. That’s prejudiced.
Most of the people who can afford to burn money in that fashion moved here because they can flaunt and show they have more than the next person, which was becoming harder to do in Manhattan.
MOST?
Most of the people who frequent this site are pure scum. They don’t care about the poor. They don’t care about people of color. They don’t care about anything other than lining their pockets keeping up with the Joneses.
MOST?
Brownstoner likes to see – every thread turning into a race issue.
EVERY?
Sad.
The sad thing is this is exactly what Brownstoner likes to see – every thread turning into a race issue. And yes, I have heard him speak about this like he is doing us all a favor.
Actually, I’d say it’s 2:46 who makes the most accurate comment.
And besides, must we pretend to be so naive that we see no connection between race and class in our society?
2:35 makes the most accurate comment. class is more defining than race in this case.
Most of the people who frequent this site are pure scum. They don’t care about the poor. They don’t care about people of color. They don’t care about anything other than lining their pockets keeping up with the Joneses.
It’s more about class than race.
I mean $100+ for a doorknob? Can so many people afford to buy these things here? And saying they are broke and doing a reno? I doubt you know what its like to be actually broke.
Most of the people who can afford to burn money in that fashion moved here because they can flaunt and show they have more than the next person, which was becoming harder to do in Manhattan.
I’ll bet majority of these people are wives of workers in the financial field, where it’s not actual labor, but simply shuffling other people’s money around and taking a cut off the top.
I couldn’t agree more. I thought the same thing when someone noticed that no blacks belonged to my exclusive country club near Miami Beach. There’s always some damned do-gooder looking to stir up trouble.
Saying that something was up with the black/white ratio at the salvage fair would be similar to commenting on the lack of white people at the West Indian Day Parade.
It’s ASININE.
Compare the number of comments on each thread currently active on Brownstoner. The troll is obviously the best thing that ever happened to this blog. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s on Mr. B’s payroll.