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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Build It and They Will Come
Back in the 60s the proud liberal sponsors of the great society said that the housing of the poor had to be improved before they could advance. The taxpayers ponied up for huge apartment projects and the keys were handed over per the liberals plan. The new residents were not without support in their new homes. A Housing Authority police force was funded to supplement city law enforcement. The usual array of welfare, Aid for Dependent Children, and so forth was in place.
We all know what happened next. The brand new projects turned into cesspools of crime...giving bad connotation to the phrase "the projects". Notably in Chicago the infamous Cabrini-Green apartments were finally torn down after years of crime and vandalisim. And in St. Louis the Pruit-Igloo project met a similar fate. Once again the liberals get an A for intentions and an F for results.
In the story below notice that the apartment building mentioned is pre-WWII and yet is still a very much desired habitat. I believe the historic Dakota apartments on Central Park West were built before 1900. The point is that it's not the housing...it never was...it's the residents that determine the quality of life. Another obvious point liberals cannot understand.
New York Post June 12, 2008 --
A beloved Park Avenue doorman who won $5 million in the state lottery wants to move on up - and into the elegant, pre-war building where he works.
That way, "I'll have the doorman open the door for me," says Richie Randazzo, 44, a bachelor who lives in a two-story home in Brooklyn.
But the lucky winner will have to wait because the only apartment for sale in the building at 1021 Park Ave. at East 85th Street is out of his range. So for now, Randazzo, who plans to continue working, will be a millionaire who opens the door and hails taxis for millionaires.
The only apartment on the market in his building is an 11-room beauty that is going for a cool $9.95 million. And even though $5 million is nothing to sneeze at, it just isn't enough scratch - even for a scratch-off millionaire.
....But, taking the advice of his parents, Cora and Frank, who live in West Palm Beach, Fla., he decided to keep his job, because "it's too much too soon."
We all know what happened next. The brand new projects turned into cesspools of crime...giving bad connotation to the phrase "the projects". Notably in Chicago the infamous Cabrini-Green apartments were finally torn down after years of crime and vandalisim. And in St. Louis the Pruit-Igloo project met a similar fate. Once again the liberals get an A for intentions and an F for results.
In the story below notice that the apartment building mentioned is pre-WWII and yet is still a very much desired habitat. I believe the historic Dakota apartments on Central Park West were built before 1900. The point is that it's not the housing...it never was...it's the residents that determine the quality of life. Another obvious point liberals cannot understand.
New York Post June 12, 2008 --
A beloved Park Avenue doorman who won $5 million in the state lottery wants to move on up - and into the elegant, pre-war building where he works.
That way, "I'll have the doorman open the door for me," says Richie Randazzo, 44, a bachelor who lives in a two-story home in Brooklyn.
But the lucky winner will have to wait because the only apartment for sale in the building at 1021 Park Ave. at East 85th Street is out of his range. So for now, Randazzo, who plans to continue working, will be a millionaire who opens the door and hails taxis for millionaires.
The only apartment on the market in his building is an 11-room beauty that is going for a cool $9.95 million. And even though $5 million is nothing to sneeze at, it just isn't enough scratch - even for a scratch-off millionaire.
....But, taking the advice of his parents, Cora and Frank, who live in West Palm Beach, Fla., he decided to keep his job, because "it's too much too soon."
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