Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, Thanks for sharing this ling and the story cheers Lluis El 30/01/2012, a las 1:27, Richard Man escribi?: > When we first moved here from HK, we had an apartment at 109 Ludlow > St and > we had the place all to ourselves, with toiler and tub / shower! The > building was about 100 years even at that time (1975). Old and > broken down, > the fridge ran on gas, if you can believe that, and electricity is the > European standard of 220 volts. Nevertheless, it was a great luxury > compared to what we had in Hong Kong. > > We were even more fortunate to move into the apartment on Columbus > street, > I think around 1978. The electricity is standard, we have air > conditioning, > and the area wasn't as scary as Ludlow. > > Somewhat to my surprise, I found that during boom time back in the > 90s, > they renovated the Ludlow st area. I thought they would tear it down > for > sure. But I guess with the new anti-crime initiatives, NYC just > isn't as > scary a place as in the 70s and 80s. > > **** > In any case, just found this photo essay. This apartment is on > Ludlow, but > the article does not give an address. However, looking at the tub > and the > doors, I wouldn't be surprise if this is in the same building. Looks > like > things have not changed too tooo much in 2003 from 1975 in that sense. > > Enjoy! > http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/five-years-later-a-new-reality/ > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information