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Laura Wagner

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Aldo Andreoli: From Torino to Tribeca and Beyond in Search of Art and Sustainability

“Greed without social and urban planning has led New York to becoming its own ghost. Art and creativity are just commodities, the soul left town in search of a better place. For a while, Brooklyn seemed to be inheriting the old spirit of Downtown, but in just a few years this neighborhood also seems to have caught the same disease as Manhattan…. Tribeca was like Soho, but still unknown. Artists were living in big lofts paying a dime in rent. Condos were few and the big developers didn’t dare to come south of Canal Street…but now, in architecture world corporations are running the show.”

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Super-Rich or “Average”, Condo and Coop Owners in NYC All Share the Same Woes

And now it appears that these rich and famous folks who purchased at 432 Park, are singing songs of sorrow, adding to an unusually stressful year. From excessive swaying on windy days to metal clanging in the night, the design flaws that have reared their ugly head are too numerous to detail… But last year, on January 1, 2020, I was hit with an assessment on my coop apartment that even for those of us familiar with building increases, was breathtaking. People ask me, “what are your options?” I answer: I have none.”

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Covid in NYC, What’s Life Like? On Real Estate, Safety, Culture, and Entertainment…

The city has suffered tremendously from the lack of entertainment and the need to remain indoors. In a city that thrives on its cultural offerings, the majority of many institutions have remained closed, and the museums that have opened are on very limited scheduling. The Metropolitan Opera is closed until next Fall, movie theatres remain a high-risk factor, and social distancing although mandated, is still not insurance that one will be safe. But I don’t believe that one insurmountable event will ultimately alter the entire course of our lives.

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Confronting a Downward Spiral: Life, Loss and Sadness in NYC During Covid-19

Many of us in NYC are now beginning to wonder if our pre-pandemic life may ever return. This ‘new normal’ may become our future. It’s the waiting that has paralyzed some of us with fears of the unknown. My hopes for the future are clear, I simply want a world in which science is led by scientists, health care is an entitlement for all who live in this country, and the environment to be managed by panels of experts educated to combat global warming.

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Tackling the Reopening of NYC Schools in the Fall: A Dilemma with Many Facets

As I write this article there are news breaks daily; in the latest Mayor de Blasio announced that schools in NYC will open only if the city sustains a coronavirus test positivity rate below 3%. Governor Cuomo has promised “not to use children as guinea pigs”. Parents want their kids back in school but teachers are afraid. And what about the kids’ perspective? Everybody has a different view…..

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(The New) NYC: Perpetually a Work in Progress, But We Rise to the Challenge

Over these months I have had long and serious thoughts about the current state of our (beloved) city, and have come to realize that we are presently shrouded in a veil of sadness. As an optimist, I am hopeful that at some point we will regain our status and return to the vibrant and electrifying city that we are loved for. And without the need to add sorrow to our universal situation, suffice to say, the streets are unrecognizable, the empty store-fronts and ‘out of business’ signs devastating.

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