Posted in Buildings / Sculptures, Downtown Safety, Higgins Building by: skidrowdude
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08 May
This has happened a number of times in my building- dumb a** punks scribble crap with knives on the inside of the (stainless steel) doors of our elevators. Ok, I’m used to graffeti- and some is actually cool, as long as it is not defacing private property.
But what gets me pissed is the thought […]
Posted in Blogging, Buildings / Sculptures, Higgins Building, People by: skidrowdude
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05 May
In keeping with the new downtown blogging trend of having guest authors on blogs, I am posting (with her permission) a great piece of prose that was sent to the Higgins Building mailing list by Debbie Kim. Debbie is a resident of the Higgins, and an “early adopter” of living downtown. From time-to-time she will send out […]
Posted in Higgins Building by: skidrowdude
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29 Apr
…that does not help much when it falls (jumps?) out of an 8-story window. This morning there was a cryptic e-mail sent to the building’s mailing list at 12:01 a.m., asking simply:
does anyone know what that was? is everyone okay? that was scary sounding…
I was curious, as we’ve had some drunks playing with fire extinguishers in […]
Posted in Events, Higgins Building by: skidrowdude
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06 Apr
Due to the way the stage is set up for Groove Armada, the sound in my loft is WAY louder than the Detour Festival was. But I like the music a lot more, so it’s cool. When I open my windows in the corner, it sounds like “stereo” as I get sound reflections of of […]
Posted in Buildings / Sculptures, Higgins Building by: skidrowdude
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07 Nov
Thanks to trainedmonkey for mentioning this site as a source of news around 2nd and Main St. But an editorial this week by an Emmy-award winning former Fox News Reporter, Sam Hall Kaplan digs deep into what is happening on Main St. between 2nd and 3rd St - Keeping an Edge on Main Street.
For example, I […]
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23 Oct
After much work and lobbying by a commitee of owners here, the building has gained “National Historic Monument” status. In a quote from the e-mail announcing this:
“This is a moment to acknowledge the intrinsic value of our investment in this extraordinary building, and to learn about the many possibilities this prestigious status presents for us […]