{"id":1145,"date":"2012-05-14T15:20:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T15:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2012-05-14T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T15:27:15","slug":"1145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/14\/1145\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">There was a time when Broadway was a dirt road and the only graffiti were the tracks of horses and carriages. This is the corner of the street I now live on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thNEbroadway.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1147\" title=\"135thNEbroadway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thNEbroadway.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thNEbroadway.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thNEbroadway-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0They built all the residences at about the same time, all more-or-less at once, covering an entire hill that used to be completely featureless, bordering the first of NYC&#8217;s &#8220;City College&#8221; campuses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here it is today:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=135th+and+broadway,+new+york,+ny+10031&amp;layer=c&amp;sll=40.820075,-73.954999&amp;cbp=13,92.34,,0,-0.1&amp;cbll=40.820126,-73.955119&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Broadway+%26+W+135th+St,+New+York,+10031&amp;t=h&amp;panoid=YtT2CRzCC568G6oB-P51CA&amp;ll=40.810447,-73.95009&amp;spn=0.020398,0.048237&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed&amp;output=svembed\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"562\" height=\"314\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s both comforting and concerning how things change so little. That building, that block, and even the people around the place&#8211; the waves of different migrant populations washing around and through Manhattan&#8211; is all in a kind of stasis. Things are gentrifying, but have they ever not been?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thSEbroadway.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1146\" title=\"135thSEbroadway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thSEbroadway.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thSEbroadway.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/135thSEbroadway-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>This building, here photographed in 1905, still stands&#8230; though with a slightly different purpose:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=135th+and+broadway,+new+york,+ny+10031&amp;layer=c&amp;sll=40.820075,-73.954999&amp;cbp=13,180.29,,0,-9.42&amp;cbll=40.820127,-73.95496&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Broadway+%26+W+135th+St,+New+York,+10031&amp;ll=40.82016,-73.955198&amp;spn=0.004116,0.009087&amp;t=h&amp;z=14&amp;panoid=BbLpE2L0jE4uUwC_cRDLxw&amp;source=embed&amp;output=svembed\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most of the residents of this neighborhood now have no idea what once was here. They don&#8217;t know the history of the buildings they rent, or what they&#8217;re now a part of by living in them. I want to print out giant posters of these structures from when they were born and paste them on the sides of what now remains. The entire neighborhood would be a giant walkable gallery of architectural history.<\/p>\n<p>What would the purpose be?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe if current residents saw how substantial and permanent these structures are, they&#8217;d feel a bit more proud to be living there, maybe clean up more, restore some dignity to the place and themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when Broadway was a dirt road and the only graffiti were the tracks of horses and carriages. 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