tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post7956321477804448417..comments2008-03-23T00:50:04.541-07:00Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209elizabethbrinton@gmail.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post-59883720033034408552008-03-22T19:05:00.000-07:002008-03-22T19:05:00.000-07:00"palermo soho"? "palermo brooklyn"?? are they serious? it's sickening....<BR/><BR/>i've never been to buenos aires, but i feel that again, it's happening. yet another city is going to get gutted and ruined and trampled on until it looks like a big huge mall... or worse, like a disneyland version of the MoMA...La Nuit Blanchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03345647456053342056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post-34403204610746831432008-03-18T11:16:00.000-07:002008-03-18T11:16:00.000-07:00Thanks for checking in on my blog Cherie. The more I think about the NYT, the whole damn institutionalized yuppiness, the more pissed off I get. It is just the arrogance, so clueless! I know you see it pretty clearly from where to stand, and I have to say, you handle it with such grace.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post-68129043938971054532008-03-17T20:43:00.000-07:002008-03-17T20:43:00.000-07:00Amen, sister!tangocheriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10012220622641996877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post-83412628639082308522008-03-17T16:33:00.000-07:002008-03-17T16:33:00.000-07:00Thanks Tina, it is hard to keep my language toned down given what I see, and have seen in Buenos Aires. I know you know what I am talking about. Wish I could meet you at a sidewalk cafe to watch that world go by, those beautiful people. EElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post-54344485955973138462008-03-17T16:15:00.000-07:002008-03-17T16:15:00.000-07:00Elizabeth, I really appreciate that you wrote this, and that you included that video. That article in the New York Times disturbed me (as the rest of those articles do) and I didn't know what to say about it. I'm glad you said something.<BR/><BR/>I think it's wonderful when people move somewhere because they truly love a place and the way they feel inside when they are there. On the other hand, I become frustrated at the people the Times article speaks of - they revel in the fact that it's so "cheap" and they pretend they are rich, yet they have no sense of Argentine history or culture and don't even seem to care what impact they do or don't have on this country. It's interesting to see it from here.tinatangoshttp://tinatangos.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post-23881184041920087752008-03-17T15:11:00.000-07:002008-03-17T15:11:00.000-07:00Thanks Alex, I did mean rabid, and wondered if it would be seen as a typo. I say this as I sit in my once quiet little house listening to the sounds of "progress" next door! Those devils.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16759375.post-56755035604582806132008-03-17T14:36:00.000-07:002008-03-17T14:36:00.000-07:00Nice comparison & contrast...<BR/><BR/>I like your play on words..."rabid development"... versus "rapid development"... <BR/><BR/>It reminds me of the Looney Tunes cartoon character "The Tasmanian Devil"... isn't that perfect picture of the typical developer...Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021896615610939454noreply@blogger.com