What Summer Hath Wrought: Not Much Progress For 5th On The Park
The idea I had here was to climb to the Acropolis atop Marcus Garvey Park and from there shot a photo of 5th On The Park's development. We've had all summer for the 28 story church/residential mash-up underway at 5th Avenue and 120th St to put on a few floors, especially with that giant on-site crane which can be seen from blocks away. I was set to title it "Scenes from the Acropolis."
Anyway, the best laid schemes went gang aft a-gley again when I noticed that that high up I couldn't see any of the project. The trees completely blocked it out. Even half way down the park's slope the construction was still too low to really see much. So back on the street it was.
Sales, on the other hand, seem to be going well. According to the project's website, 62 apartments were sold in the first three months. Street Easy does not have sales for 5th OTP listed, so I cannot back that up with third party information. But given 5th OTP's nostalgic website music, how could you not believe them?
Comments
I live a block away from 5th on the Park and all I have to say is rise baby, RISE!!!
Posted by: Daniel | September 5, 2007 09:11 AM
Looks like a great building, but do we really need ANOTHER church??? Can't the people just go to 1 of the 19 churches that are right there within a 2 block radius???
Will they be entitled to double park and create more congestion? or should they fall in line with the rest of Manhattan and actually find a proper place to park?
Posted by: getridoftheprojects | September 5, 2007 10:18 AM
getridoftheprojects: you must be kidding. Harlem is a neighborhod that is premdominatley black. This means that black culture, traditions and practices are predominate in the neighborhood. Black culture is a faith-based culture. A high percentage of blacks go to church. The bulk of the people in the neighborhood do not consider the double parking a problem. From the tone of your comments and the name that you have chosen for yourself, it is obvious that you have antipathy, if not outright hostility for the black residents you have -- for reason only you know -- voluntarily chosen to live near. If you do not like the neighborhood, leave and stake our fortunes elsewhere. Do not be so foolish as to think that an entire culture would change its long-standing practices to suit your personal tastes or leave because you moved in.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 6, 2007 07:06 AM
Rules are rules.... Harlem is not it's own separate island.. it is a part of Manhattan island and there is not one other neighborhood that would have it's police officers looking the other way while churchgoers turn a major thoroughfare into a 1 way street each way. That is downright ridiculous!!!!
I am Black myself. Black does not equal Slack!!!!
Black people need to abide by the rules like everyone else...
This does not just apply to the people driving the cars, but the people up here who don't seem to value their own lives and continue to walk in front of oncoming cars when the cars have the right of way....and when the cars get to close to them , they have nerve to start shouting at you as if they were right to nonchalantly cross the street at different angles when the cars have the light...
I have never in my life seen anything like this kind of behavior and it happens time and time again up here....
Combine these pedestrians with the double parking because of the 157 churches on each block and what you have is a disaster!
Posted by: getridoftheprojects | September 6, 2007 10:40 AM
Dear getridoftheprojects: You really don't know what your are talking about. There is double parking throughout the city becuase of alternate side of the street parking. One trip to Park Slope on a Wednesday afternoon and you will find residents double parking with impunity. I used to live there, so I know. And, I do not need to mention the ridiculous behavior of the drunk college grads on the upper east side, the east village or the meat packing district. I've seen more public urination in Chelsea than I have ever seen in Harlem. I don't care if you are black. You still are hostile to the black residents in the neighborhood and are applying a harsher standard on them. Being critical is one thing, but you seem to go out of your way to be exceptionally harsh in your description of Harlem residents, even the church-going ones. According to you, the objectional behavior you describe only occurs in Harlem. Your wrong. But given your numerous negative comments throughout this blog, I am sure no one can convince you otherwise. In your mind at least, you seem to have a remarkable track record of being right on just about everything. So, I suggest that you stop whining and move to another neighborhood where you will find the demographics more suitable to your sensibilities.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 7, 2007 01:10 AM
Hmm, last I checked, Park Slope was in Brooklyn - not on the island of Manhattan. I don't know what goes on in the outer boroughs, but they might as well be China to me. You can't tell me that because a person crosses the 96th street dividing line that all of a sudden there are different rules and regulations because there are a multitude minorities living there.
As for the drunken college people that you refer to in other Manhattan neighborhoods, they are just that - drunk...
The many pedestrians up here in Harlem are perfectly coherent, but have an utter disregard for traffic lights and their own well being.
Unfortunately, Black people in this society need to strive for a higher standard just to be treated equally. They do not need to lower their standards and be compared to people who are intoxicated.
Posted by: getridoftheprojects | September 7, 2007 09:53 AM