Thursday, March 6, 2008


Image by Andre Costantini at Silly Dancing

Unfortunately the gate was now closed and locked.
Hell no.




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Anonymous said...

The first image of the Renwick Ruin in the snow was taken by Andre Costantini. We went out on this nightshoot together and he is the man responsible for this beautiful image. You can check out more of his work at:

Anonymous said...

yes, by all means let it fall down and replace it with that ...thing by clapatrapa. paint the top arches yellow and i bet mcdonalds will pay to put it up for us. better still, it won't block the views of the future goldwater condos.

after all, history's bunk.


Please, let's not pretend that Renwick Ruins is Grand Central Station, Machu Picchu or the Alamo. Their must came a point when the cost becomes so prohibitive that historic preservation makes no sense. i think that $7 million spent for ruins enclosed by a fence without any public access is ridiculous and an invitation to an attractive nuissance lawsuit..

Anonymous said...

the 7 mil is to STABILISE the ruin until a visitor's center and cafe can be built inside it.

and why not 'pretend' the renwick ruins are grand central terminal (grand central - station - was torn down over a century ago)... are you saying that nyc is better off with no reminders of its proud 400-yr history? that only the history of the rich and famous should be preserved, not that of the wretched, poor or teeming? manhattan has seen fit to preserve some things even less interesting to look at (castle clinton, for example) simply BECAUSE they were important to history.

if money is the argument, shouldn't we bulldoze ALL these ancient things, and sell the development rights? why waste time with a pleasant, grassy southpoint park, when we can put a nice stadium there for rock concerts and graduation ceremonies?

frankly, rioc should simply let developers know that building here in the future will mean they help in funding transportation issues and southpoint... in whatever form it takes.

roosevelt island has just 4 things left from its early history: renwick, blackwell house, the disneyfied octagon and the lighthouse. all the other structures came later, and while worth preserving, are more of our age than the distant past of the 1840s. it would be nice to have things left here that remind the future condo dwellers of RI what life was like before floor-to-ceiling windows and fresh direct.

pivan81 said...

whats the saying? those who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it? so if you want you mcds or those condos well youre not learning and in this case you will come down, but thank god its being preserved. so there condo lover, 1 for the good guys