Bill: Thanks for the info on Bill Leland's house in California. What a tragedy, but at least he's safe.
In the blog entry that you posted for me last month I made a very brief reference to our buying a loft on 140th Street in the Bronx (Mott Haven). We just closed ten days ago and are now going to totally re-do it with plans from a great architect and friend.
I thought that one (or more) of our classmates might be interested in the building as I just heard that there is only one unit left of the 13 in this 5-story old industrial building. So here are a few details of that last unit in case someone is curious. Post it, unless you think it's somehow not kosher to do so.
Tyko
It's certain kosher to post Tyko's note, I think, and the view of the apartment looking north:
Looking south all one sees is what will be your kitchen. It's also kosher to say that the apartment's asking price is $555K and that Tyko's email, should you want more info, is tyko.kihlstedt@fandm.edu. BS
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Richard Kostelanetz comments:
I regret more classmates haven’t contributed to this blog that I hoped would become a richer, more personal substitute for the standard glossy anniversary album. I should have done more to get it going. Apologies for which I’d now like to make amends. However, once I opened the blog, I couldn’t figure out how to add more cents. When I went to “sign in,” I saw a page that went nowhere before it crashed, Give me a break.
Am I the only dummy to be defeated?
Congratulations, Tiko, on relocating to Mott Haven. I trust you know my friend the sculptor Linda Cunningham, who likewise taught at F&M before relocating there. Be sure to take the South Bronx art tour, which begins the first Wednesday of every month at nearby Hostos CC, and is, I assume, now different from the one I did a few summers ago.
Have you done urban loft living, may I assume in an artists’ coop? If not, you might like my 2003 book SOHO: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN ARTISTS’COLONY, which recalls a peculiar experience. Our buildings were initially tough for people above a certain age who expected amenities hard to do in abandoned factories. Another theme is that an artists’ colony is an informal educational institution. Good luck in developing your painting.
Wanting to move out of Soho several years ago, I purchased choice property next to the A-Train in the Rockaways; but an incompetent architect screwed up so badly the semi-finished building could never be occupied. It will be destroyed and him sued. The saga has been the principal subject of my annual year-end letters that can be found on my eponymous website.
Preferring better access to lower Manhattan, where I’ve lived all my adult life, I just went to contract on a building 5000 sq feet in SE Ridgewood (Queens), literally across the street from the L-Train that has improved so much in the past few years. I thought of inviting the class, but I don’t think much will be ready. I was planning to have a housewarming on the 28th Sept, but haven’t yet felt confident enough to announce. If anyone wants to see Sunday evening, 21 Sept., please let me know. There’s a hotel down the street, and catching the subway from here to JFK is easy.
Incidentally, when I heard Carla Kihlstedt’s name on a radio music credit, I thought of you. Congratulations, Dad. Tell her that my new place is down Wyckoff St. from the Silent Barn, an avant-garde rock music venue that is the only landmark in this obscure ‘hood.
P.S. Tyko, people I respect think Carla and her Tin Hat Trio are very good. Congratulations,
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