Hey Liz,
I'll start with the garbage. Get them to give us more pails and things will be placed in the proper receptacles. I've brough this up to them several times as Craig and many others have. It's been an ongoing excuse for them to not do anything as well. When the basement was broken into, we asked for lights. The response: "You guys don't recycle properly." How can anyone equate the two????

Do Meyer and Davis know about this list of things you'd like for the basement? It's rather grandiose. It would be great. But there isn't a living space out there that has ALL of that...not even Office Ops.

Best of luck. I'll help where I can. Believe me, i'm not renewing my lease unless we get a dark room in the basement. So, i'd really like to at least see that happen. I spoke ot David and told him to call me when he starts taking measurements for the darkroom...but he hasn't even had time to do that. Technically, a building super is supposed to live on the premises.

-E

Hi Eric,
I agree we need more pails etc. Although the situation above sounds absurd and I was not there, I would like to say that the rational behind that is that the workers time is wasted by fishing through the garbage and picking up peoples dog shit. yes, I totally believe that there should be security and it should happen immediately as needed. But on the other hand we did a pretty intense cleaning of the basement and the next day there were chips and bottles and shit everywhere. How do you expect someone to put money into a great space below when people are acting like spoiled highschool snobs? There are a few people in this building who do the small things that help a ton (like hanging clothes on the rack, picking up dog shit and picking up after themselves) and they end up doing it for everyone.

As for the basement ideas, they are Mayer's ideas as well! Although I know there are a billion cynics out there I must say that things are built by dreams and support rather then criticism and cynicism. Yes, there isn't a space out there that has all of this, but isn't that what is so fucking great! We're gonna actually do it! The thing is, people should want to be a part of it, rather then sit and wait to have it happen. I have only had two people respond to me with sincere wants to help/support. They seemed really great, but that's it. On the other hand I have had a hundred people call and yell at me and tell me how my hopes for the space were useless. Does this seem backwards. Why such bad air all over the place. Where is the community we all hope for?

whats the deal with the fucking internet alwayS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! down!!!!??????????

Can you anyone tell me about the hood. Is it safe? Are there grocery stores around, cleaner, coffee shop..that sort of thing? How far away is the subway?

the guy in 302 is a pain in the ass and needs to calm down or move out. stop ruining my residence at the opera house

what the hell are you talking about? I hear your music all the way down the hallway and what with totall loss of self-control to the point of violence it's not him that has to get out.