You don't need to know the time when there's no such thing as clocks

[sovay]

I don't even live in New York City and the news that Amazon, in the face of local public and political opposition, has canceled its planned headquarters in Queens feels like a victory.

I hope the ghost of Jane Jacobs is proud.

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[rosefox]

I was thinking the other day that when Cuomo is thinking about his legacy, he needs to remember how much New Yorkers hate developers. The one who made it to the White House is still probably second in the villain pantheon to Robert Moses. (A close second.)

[sovay]

The one who made it to the White House is still probably second in the villain pantheon to Robert Moses. (A close second.)

Have you heard John Forster's "The Ballad of Robert Moses?"

[rosefox]

I had not! I will add it to my fond memories of the two different musicals I've seen about Robert Moses. (Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses was better than Bulldozer.)

[sovay]

(Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses was better than Bulldozer.)

I knew about the first of these, but not the second. I am delighted that there are competing Robert Moses musicals.

[rosefox]

They're not really in competition, in the sense that Boozy could sit on Bulldozer and not notice.

[sovay]

They're not really in competition, in the sense that Boozy could sit on Bulldozer and not notice.

It is true that Bulldozer seems somewhat lacking in Freemasons.

[sara]

...goldangit now I have to explain to my fifteen-year-old why I'm laughing this hard.

"Okay, so you have to...well. Okay. The history of real estate development and urbanism in New York City, which has implications for the rest of the country...look, how much do you really want to know about this? Because if you want to get why "Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses" is making me laugh this hard, it's going to take a while."

"You can tell me as much as you want to, but I'm going to go clothe myself first." Child walks into the (walk-in) closet, slides the door shut, and seems entirely disinterested in hearing more about urbanism.

[rosefox]

I admire your child's clear priorities!

[sara]

Well, she was getting out of the bath.

I actually wonder how the Amazon announcement relates to Bezos' divorce, given that he's filed in Washington and that means half of what's his isn't his any more.