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April 24, 2014
In Union Square on Earth Day, the East Villager — which, fittingly for the occasion, sports a green masthead — doubled as a handy sun hat.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Just say no to Nublu To The Editor: Re “Nublu is cool” (letter, by Mac McGill, April 10): Let me start off by saying that Mac McGill and I have been good friends for many years. Next, let me point out that I am not particularly for, or against, the new bars. Because Community Board 3 sold out the neighborhood years ago, the new bars are here and I don’t believe there is a whole lot that we can do about it. Will all of that said, I would remind Mac that he and his family live on what is basically a quiet, residential side street. He does not have a late-night al fresco sports bar almost directly across the street. His building is not sandwiched between a latenight bar/garden restaurant and a cheap pizza parlor that caters to the late-night bar crowd, which is also right next door to the Nublu site, which just happens to be
two doors up from a late-night al fresco restaurant/bar. One last thing (that I can think of) that Mac does not have to deal with is dozens of people hailing cabs every morning between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. (after 4 a.m. on weekends). If Mac and his family find Nublu to be such a good neighbor, perhaps they can go up and down their block with a petition and bring Nublu… . No, wait a minute, Nublu tried that, and while they obviously made good money as a semi-neighborhood bar, they have decided to go for the big money and cater to — guess who? — the late-night bar crowd a.k.a. the aging frat boys. Jerry The Peddler
Protect this gem To The Editor: Re “Museum fears plaster disaster from next-door hotel
project” (news article, April 17): When something new threatens something old, deeper considerations must be taken to preserve the integrity of our past. The Merchant’s House museum is a treasure that has kept her petticoats and plasterwork demurely intact these 182 years, and is now threatened with a new structure that, if it finally wins its go-ahead, will shake her very foundation, literally. The Merchant’s House museum is an old and cherished house, kept alive by its devoted conservators and docents, retaining and adding to its historical value in this city. I live on the West Coast but was privileged to be introduced to this little gem on a recent visit to New York City. A new eightstory hotel only feet from the museum’s western wall would physically threaten this fragile piece of history. In a society that seems to only value youth and disposability, can we not learn to respect what
came before? Major construction next door may well cause this lovely bit of history to crumble. Landmarks Preservation Commission, please...stand firm. Thea Bernstein
Roberto had it right To The Editor: Re “Museum fears plaster disaster from next-door hotel project” (news article, April 17): This makes me cry! I had the privilege of being able to talk with Joe Roberto all the time when he was staff architect at New York University and I worked at N.Y.U. as well, and we got to talk about “space,” in general. Joe was a visionary who stood on the foundation of historic preservation. He was a gentleman and a scholar and took flights LETTERS, continued on p. 24
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