My friend's building on East 10th Street, with marble stairs & old linoleum. His apartment still has the tin roof that I suppose has gone in & out of favor. When I think I want to move to a brand-new building, I remember how happy I am about and in the funky old ones. Mine being even more old school, with the tub in the kitchen.
NauenThen
Old school East Village
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Dec 02, 2021 9:15 AM EST
Nora Ephron had a narrative about a building she lived in somewhere in Manhattan in the 1960s in her book, "I feel bad about my neck" (Great title!). The building was very unique with an interior courtyard and other wonderful architectural and building features that harkened back to a time which we all like to think may've been better but certainly wasn't bad (No one had smart phones so it had to be better in one regard! :)
I lived in San Francisco (The city proper, not "The Bay Area") for almost eight years from 1965-1973 and developed an acute and self-righteous sense of qualifying good architecture for city/urban snobs. There were tons and tons of wonderful old buildings and there are still but I wonder if most of them have become parodies of what a younger and much richer generation thinks is elegance?
- Michael Sharpe
Comment by EN on Dec 02, 2021 3:25 PM EST
interesting. I don't think most kids today would for a moment live how I did in my 20s (in the woods, no running water or electricity) or in my NYC apartment. If I ever move out, they will renovate. I sometimes wonder why it never occurred to me that the landlord would or should build to suit me. It was definitely take it or leave it in those days 9th late 70s).