Here's the New Whole Foods Rendering
After we broke the news yesterday of Whole Foods’ decision to go ahead with plans to build on a contaminated lot in Gowanus, Crain’s followed up half an hour later with a story of its own. And while neglecting to give our post a hat-tip, the business paper did come up with some interesting original…
After we broke the news yesterday of Whole Foods’ decision to go ahead with plans to build on a contaminated lot in Gowanus, Crain’s followed up half an hour later with a story of its own. And while neglecting to give our post a hat-tip, the business paper did come up with some interesting original content: This rendering. Neato.
“If they were acting on the same information obtained independently, that’s not call for a hat tip—it’s the sort of thing that happens all the time.”
Agreed. Responding more quickly to shared information is noteworthy, but not the same as a true “scoop.” As such, I don’t think it requires a credit.
Bacon, I’ve had years of dealing with The What and you’re no What.
By STARGAZER on November 30, 2010 11:38 AM
Anything built on that empty wasteland is going to be an improvement, or the city could have just cleaned it up and planted trees and grass and made it look natural….but I kow, heaven forbid a freaking building isn’t built on every single morsel of land…..
I agree STARGAZER, does everything have to become a new development to serve the consumer culture?
Trees and wilderness are great, growing up here in the city there were always empty lots available for kids to go and explore. Full of overgrown shrubs and trees, you could find all kinds of bugs and animals in there. Nowadays, your average 7 year old would run away screaming their head off if they say a praying mantis.
“Rob, the low prices come at a high cost and you’re paying in other ways anyway, as I described above through government benefits and health care needed to subsidize the employees.”
there are tons of people you encounter everyday who make low wages and don’t have health care. wal-mart didn’t create this.
One of my favorite books, Biff.
We do NOT need a motherf&*ing Walmart in BK. Period. End of discussion.
Someday this Bacon’s gonna end….
Also a media person here, and I question whether Brownstoner is actually owed a hat tip. As this post notes, Crain’s posted its story all of half an hour after Brownstoner. Maybe it saw the Brownstoner post and stole the story. If so, it should have credited.
But it seems just as likely that it got the same e-mail tip and waited to post while it reported out further (attempting to get CB6 comment, and securing a rendering), while Brownstoner copied and pasted the e-mail. If they were acting on the same information obtained independently, that’s not call for a hat tip—it’s the sort of thing that happens all the time.
“I think though they should just get tear down that freaking old run down building on the corner of 3rd and 3rd already.
It is one thing to preserve history, but it is a crappy little building that serves no purpose but to stand there in a total state of dis repair”
Actually – it is pretty cool (tybur posted this late yesterday)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/press/06_27_06.1.pdf
Rob, the low prices come at a high cost and you’re paying in other ways anyway, as I described above through government benefits and health care needed to subsidize the employees. Yes, the government sets the minimum wage but do you think that poverty-level wages can allow a person to survive in New York, especially one with children and in need of health benefits? I don’t want to continue to divert from the thread topic so I’ll stop, but here’s a book I would recommend people read, if they haven’t already:
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
http://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/nickelanddimed.htm