We’ve been hestitating to comment on the temporary bridge under construction at Madison Square Garden for the upcoming convention. Costing something like a million bucks, we’re still not clear what exactly it is for. Something about security, ease of access (even though the police will likely shut down 8th Avenue for the duration of all sessions), journalists or something, we’ve been waiting for the day it looked most ‘done.’ We had some high hopes, what with the union banners that were plastered all over it during the assembly. Then came a tepid blue nylon wrapper and banner so innocuous we forget what it says, even though we passed by about an hour ago. Thinking that no one would let such a highly visible structure be presented in such a pedestrian fashion, or pass on the opportunity to plaster some symbolic hokum on the side, we have reached our limit of patience. It is done, it is ugly, and if you believe some, it might even fall down.
So we had resigned ourselves to this blight on the Farley Post Office for another two weeks, when we discovered this morning that the crafty RNC had a strategy all along: they have begun to line 8th Avenue and 32nd Street with acres of industrial modular space — also know as construction sheds, or temporary classrooms, or just plain ugly trailers. We were amazed had how colorful and attractive the bridge seemed all of a sudden. Touche, Karl Rove. The only other thing we could possibly find to say about all this is: when, and how, did Kohler get into the rental power business?
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Bridge over ugly waters.
We’ve been hestitating to comment on the temporary bridge under construction at Madison Square Garden for the upcoming convention. Costing something like a million bucks, we’re still not clear what exactly it is for. Something about security, ease of access (even though the police will likely shut down 8th Avenue for the duration of all sessions), journalists or something, we’ve been waiting for the day it looked most ‘done.’ We had some high hopes, what with the union banners that were plastered all over it during the assembly. Then came a tepid blue nylon wrapper and banner so innocuous we forget what it says, even though we passed by about an hour ago. Thinking that no one would let such a highly visible structure be presented in such a pedestrian fashion, or pass on the opportunity to plaster some symbolic hokum on the side, we have reached our limit of patience. It is done, it is ugly, and if you believe some, it might even fall down.
So we had resigned ourselves to this blight on the Farley Post Office for another two weeks, when we discovered this morning that the crafty RNC had a strategy all along: they have begun to line 8th Avenue and 32nd Street with acres of industrial modular space — also know as construction sheds, or temporary classrooms, or just plain ugly trailers. We were amazed had how colorful and attractive the bridge seemed all of a sudden. Touche, Karl Rove. The only other thing we could possibly find to say about all this is: when, and how, did Kohler get into the rental power business?