15 Responses to “ABC no Rio”

1. 
   Flickr: Weiß, on November 13th, 2007 at 7:12 am Said:

   good stuff.

2. 
   Flickr: joujoubee, on November 13th, 2007 at 8:50 am Said:

   yes, but depressing too. At least to me.

3. 
   Flickr: mercurialn, on November 13th, 2007 at 9:22 am Said:

   Well, it should be depressing. New condo towers getting dropped in everywhere you look. But then, I suppose it’s pretty inevitable. No city stays the same.

4. 
   Flickr: GammaBlog, on November 13th, 2007 at 10:31 am Said:

   What I don’t understand is where are all the people that can afford to live in these places coming from.

5. 
   Flickr: GammaBlog, on November 14th, 2007 at 6:09 am Said:

   Ah, now I understand, joujoubee. Golden parachutes float to the garden roofs of these glass and steel castles at sunset. We peons look from our tenement windows in awe.

6. 
   Flickr: joujoubee, on November 13th, 2007 at 10:03 am Said:

   My theory is that they are the offspring of those people who caused the mortgage crisis but got those golden parachutes when they were fired. But it’s just my theory, trying to make sense of what seems senseless.

7. 
   Flickr: joujoubee, on November 15th, 2007 at 7:17 am Said:

   ah yes, I remember it well.

   thanks, gamma, and best wishes for this artist.

8. 
   Flickr: joujoubee, on November 14th, 2007 at 9:19 am Said:

   in awe

   Or something. Awe is putting it nicely.

9. 
   Flickr: GammaBlog, on November 15th, 2007 at 3:42 am Said:

   Awe in the archaic sense. The power to inspire dread. Remember shock and awe.

10. 
    Flickr: Victoria Law, on November 20th, 2007 at 9:42 am Said:

    the artist is Christopher Cardinale.

11. 
    Flickr: GammaBlog, on November 21st, 2007 at 1:58 am Said:

    Thanks Victoria.
    http://www.christophercardinale.com/home.html

12. 
    Flickr: Victoria Law, on December 24th, 2007 at 3:36 am Said:

    Christopher Cardinale: http://www.christophercardinale.com

    Particularly fitting now that the Streit’s matzoh factory, next door to ABC No Rio, is for sale:
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/21/2007-12-21_matzo_fact...

13. 
    Flickr: Victoria Law, on December 24th, 2007 at 3:39 am Said:

    I posted this on your other photo, but in case viewers only look at one or the other, I’ll repeat myself:

    The piece becomes even more appropriate now that Streit’s matzoh factory, next door to ABC No Rio, is announcing its intent to sell the building. The price? $25 million. Now you KNOW that for that much money, it’s NOT going to be low-income or affordable housing or a community space:

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/21/2007-12-21_matzo_fact...

14. 
    Flickr: Victoria Law, on December 24th, 2007 at 11:36 pm Said:

    Christopher Cardinale: http://www.christophercardinale.com

    Particularly fitting now that the Streit’s matzoh factory, next door to ABC No Rio, is for sale:
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/21/2007-12-21_matzo_fact...

15. 
    Flickr: GammaBlog, on December 28th, 2007 at 12:01 pm Said:

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