Last week was a little surreal for me.
Got a gig in SoHo, a place I rarely go. So I was down there among these shops where a pair of shoes is a $1,000 and tourists are everywhere. But there was a big news story last week about Etan Patz, the kid that disappeared 33 years ago in that area.
Was really hoping they’d find something about that kid; the family deserves to know. What a sad story.
Back then, SoHo was poor – like dirt poor – before it was Soho, it was Hell’s Hundred Acres cause it was one of the industrial parks of Manhattan; there were factories and brothels everywhere. You couldn’t give away an apartment back then there.
But then about 15 years ago, all of that changed. Artists moved in cause of all of the big and cheap factory spaces.
Then earlier this year, a Beastie Boy sold his apartment there for about $2,000 per square foot.
As you prob know, I like that NYC’s changed for the better. Only people that aren’t really from here miss the grit, grime , and crime of old NYC. Walking around the area, I remembered how afraid I was to walk around there back when I was a kid and how much it’s changed.
Still, I wonder if there can’t be some sorta happy medium between the way it was and the way it is. Suppose that’s true about anything, really.
Ah well, wishes and $2.25 will get you onto the subway here in the big city.
Speaking of which, it’s time to jet to work – another story for another time.
Location: just told you
Mood: slightly anxious
Music: those lights were bright on Broadway, But that was so many years ago.
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