Wednesday Links
State Energy Plan Promotes Clean, Efficient Alternatives [NY Times] Perry Avenue Row Is City’s 100th Historic District [NY Times] Ambulance Strikes, Kills Pedestrian in Brooklyn [NY Post] New Website for Rating Taxi Drivers [NY Post] Menorah and Xmas Tree Stolen in Windsor Terrace [NY Daily News] Gov Signs Pro-Owner Foreclosure Law [NY Daily News] Topless…
State Energy Plan Promotes Clean, Efficient Alternatives [NY Times]
Perry Avenue Row Is City’s 100th Historic District [NY Times]
Ambulance Strikes, Kills Pedestrian in Brooklyn [NY Post]
New Website for Rating Taxi Drivers [NY Post]
Menorah and Xmas Tree Stolen in Windsor Terrace [NY Daily News]
Gov Signs Pro-Owner Foreclosure Law [NY Daily News]
Topless Bike Protest Planned for Bedford Ave [Brooklyn Paper]
Tavern on the Green Heading to B’klyn? [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by savebedstuy
I thought the ride was for Sunday- but it’s for Saturday. That’s really nasty- the Sabbath is very important to the Hasids. Removing the bike lanes wasn’t personal. Doing this on a Saturday very obviously is. I guess most of the naked bikers will be in Church on Sunday.
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fear that women dressed in spandex and running bras might tempt the men in their community.
gah! i dont think so. ive seen parts of the marathon a few times. there is nothing attractive about any of them. man or woman. seriously it’s a bunch of fuglies jogging like zombies coming down the block to prove something. nothing sexy about that at all.
on that note, i do think a naked bike protest is rather lame and disrespectful (not just to the people who dont want the bike lanes) but to just anyone on the street who doesnt wanna see anyone’s fugly junk. it’s also a highly childish reaction. protests in this city are so jejune.
*rob*
“the woman in the article who said this community should move upstate if they want to create an environment in which they control everything.”
Maybe upstate isn’t the best place, there’s a Nudist Resort there.
I agree with MM also. However someone yesterday or the day before did post a more informative take on the Hasidic viewpoint and it was not without some merit. Nothing is ever as cut and dry as it seems and both sides are doing themselves a disservice by their responses. That said, if women are going to ride topless, how about men going bottomless? And traditionalmod- don’t pay taxes? I think you need to show proof on that statement.
Please, Montrose Morris, the Hasidic community are the ones driving wedges. It’s absolutely absurd they have any power or say in this matter whatsoever. (Especially because they don’t pay taxes but that’s a whole other matter). I agree bicyclists can be obnoxious and misguided in their tactics but I think in this case they should do more than protest, they should sue for infringement on their civil liberties. The whole safety of schoolchildren excuse is BS. I agree with the woman in the article who said this community should move upstate if they want to create an environment in which they control everything. To attempt to do that in NYC, that is what is offensive and driving a wedge into communities.
large women only?
How do they balance on the bikes?
All in the spirit of “Take Back the Breast” and Third Breast feminism.
This bike situation with the Hasidics and Hipsters is getting more bizarre
I wonder What Would Jesus Do?
Actually, MM, I agree with you. I can’t see how this protest makes restoration of the lane any more of a political possibility. They are venting anger in a silly way but it is a tactical blunder. Allows hasid community to say “we told you so.” Better to organize lots of fully clothed rides to the point where that stretch is hard to navigate without proper lane segregation.