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Changing the name of the NY Garment District A proposal to change it to the Fashion District
maryl Intermediate MA USA Member since 6/24/05 Posts: 505	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/2/12 9:09 AM http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/opinion/long-live-the-garment-district.html?ref=opinion The article basically says that since there is so little garment manufacturing going on, there is a proposal for a name change. Seems kind of sad to me.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1254	Login to reply to this post In reply to maryl << 2 members like this. Date: 8/2/12 10:47 AM Ohhhh, nooooo. Sad. SOME VIEWS FROM NYC GARMENT DISTRICT: “The Garment Worker” Bronze Statue “Needle and Button” Bronze Sculpture Fashion Walk of Fame -- Edited on 8/2/12 8:35 PM --
Changma   Advanced Beginner NY USA Member since 2/20/12 Posts: 430	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << Like this post Date: 8/2/12 11:50 AM When I worked in Manhattan I used to walk from Penn Station to 48th and Park, usually right through the garment district. Being a jaded New Yorker, I never really stopped to give more than a cursory look at the sculptures, so I never noticed that the end of the needle "pierced" the "fabric". Thank you for pointing that out. Is the Walk of Fame fairly new? I stopped working in the city in 2001, and don't remember seeing it.
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1254	Login to reply to this post In reply to Changma << Like this post Date: 8/2/12 11:54 AM The Fashion Walk of Fame - the only permanent landmark dedicated to American fashion - began in 1999. The latest inductees are Ralph Rucci and Donald Brooks. Take a virtual tour of the Fashion Walk of Fame HERE. -- Edited on 8/2/12 12:03 PM --
Mufffet   Intermediate VT USA Member since 8/14/05 Posts: 9013	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/2/12 11:59 AM I hope they don't change the name - sounds like another way to get sounding "upscale" so someone a bit more snotty than some of us has nothing better to do than propose to rename a venerable section of NYC. Sigh.... ------ "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." --Dalai Lama I have sewing machines
jadamo00 Advanced NY USA Member since 3/13/06 Posts: 1254	Login to reply to this post In reply to Mufffet << 3 members like this. Date: 8/2/12 12:08 PM Quote: Mufffet sounds like another way to get sounding "upscale" so someone a bit more snotty Oh, please, I went into Brooklyn last week and almost puked. NOBODY has a Brooklyn accent anymore. I was buying something in a jewelry store and asked to use the bathroom. I was told "Oh, you wouldn't like it. It's SMALL." I stared at the guy, like, "I'm going to take a leak, NOT go HORSEBACK RIDING.' So he continues, "Starbucks has a REALLY NICE BATHROOM! You could go to Starbucks." And I continue to stare at him. So he asks me if something is WRONG. And I reply, "Yeah! I don't WANNA GO TO STARBUCKS!" I tell you, I had to find a bagel store to go to the freakin' bathroom! We are losing our minds ovah heah! j.
PattiAnnJ   Advanced OH USA Member since 12/3/06 Posts: 5223	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/2/12 12:48 PM Are "they" going to close the museums and art galleries because they contain old stuff! ------ “I don’t give them Hell, I just tell the truth about them and they think it’s Hell.” — Harry Truman
Member since 12/31/69	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 8/2/12 1:03 PM I am not in NY, but many museums ARE closing down. Several small towns I have lived in no longer have them. They auction off the items when the curator dies (even those belonging to the city) and the buildings sit empty. ETA: I get poked fun at where I am for my antiques. Not that they are considered such, but I get asked more often then I care to tell you on why I have "old" stuff when I can get new. -- Edited on 8/2/12 1:04 PM --
A Beginners Needle   Advanced Beginner CA USA Member since 9/3/09 Posts: 467	Login to reply to this post In reply to 0 << Like this post Date: 8/2/12 4:13 PM When I was young and stupid, I would have said that same thing. Now I know better. ------ Tina In my Sewing Room: Pfaff Creative Performance - Pfurple! Juki F600 Brother PRW420 Juki 735 Serger
annemie   Intermediate ON CANADA Member since 1/18/09 Posts: 75	Login to reply to this post In reply to jadamo00 << Like this post Date: 8/2/12 8:07 PM Thank you for posting those lovely pictures - I would love just to walk around there for a couple of days.

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