Times Square is nowhere near as sketchy as right around Penn Station. I work in an office at 35th and I also work in Broadway theaters, and I feel much safer on foot in Times Square.

That said, I think blighted refers to the buildings. But the area is super sketchy.

He won, didn't he? He banked on people not fact checking, and he was right.

We are all sitting here with our jaws on the floor but his scheme worked... he's been elected and no amount of hand wringing can undo it. He has two years to be ridiculous and then he can continue the grift with a book or tv deal, etc.

The GOP doesn't care. They'll excuse this away - some of them knew he was a complete liar before the election and just looked the other way. For a party with no morals, you can do whatever you want.

Since COVID, everything closes early. McDonalds does not.

I was also a squashed spotted lanternfly for Halloween... my costume was more DIY and less flashy but I'm still proud of it.

That's really kind of you - try theatre twitter or /r/broadway. Somebody will take it.

Incidentally, you should try to go again before it closes - it's really great.

To give you an actual answer, it's in the theatre district. It's across from 3 historical Broadway theaters to the south (Majestic, Golden, Jacobs), right next to the Imperial, down the street from the Rodgers and Lunt, and across from restaurant row, which is mostly brownstones.

I'm actually surprised they have the air rights to do this over there being right next to the Imperial and in the middle of the theatre district/across from Restaurant Row.

That’s awful, and completely goes against the look and feel of the neighborhood.

I literally told you exactly what my setup is in an earlier comment.

I have one of these:

https://renov8or.blogspot.com/2015/10/covering-exposed-heating-pipes-with-rope.html

And two radiators that cannot be turned off (the knobs don't work) that are covered with metal covers that are fused to the wall and cannot be removed.

I do not control when the heat is on or off in my building, so why does it matter what kind of boiler I have? I don't control it. Unless my super replaces my radiators (not going to happen) or sets them up with a temperature control (again, not going to happen - I have asked) or I can control the boiler (I don't), there's nothing I, a tenant, can do. If it's cold, call 311. If it's too hot, tough - there is no maximum heat law in New York City. Literally the only things I can do is open my windows, which is how these buildings were designed for combating illness, and run my a/c.

If you are familiar with radiator/steam heat in NYC you know exactly what a heating pole is and you're just being pedantic. I am confident about the building set up that I LIVE IN and how the heat works in my apartment building. Stop trying to gaslight me. This is not my first pre-war apartment with steam heat.

If you know how heating works, why are you asking me what a heating pole is? I feel like you know exactly what I'm talking about but are trying to be a know it all. Heating pole/radiator pipe/steam riser. Take your pick. It runs from the bottom of the building to the top and mine has a vent on the top because I'm on the top floor.

I don't think you actually know how it works if you think I have options. Once again, *I do not control my own heat.* I cannot turn my radiators on, I cannot turn them off, and I do not have any control over the boiler. If I could find a wool cover that I could be assured wouldn't catch fire, I'd try that. Other than that, I cannot do anything about the amount of heat I get.

Also I am a tenant in a rental building that is 76 apartments big. Our boiler room is locked - how am I supposed to know what kind of boiler we have? I could go on a dive on DOB that may or may not tell me what type of boiler it is, but the fact remains that the landlord and super control when it is and isn't on.

I have radiator heat. The landlord and super control the boiler in the basement and when we receive heat. My two radiators cannot be turned off with knobs and they are behind radiator covers that are fused to the wall and painted shut and I have a heating pole that you also cannot control.

I don't control my heat. When it's on it's on. When it's off, it's off. I live in a pre-war building uptown - I'm not sure why you think I have any control over my heat.

People are, largely, opening their windows so they don't die of heat stroke.

If tenants don't control the heat, it's not tenants' faults if the only way to literally not have a 110 degree apartment is to open the windows.

That's true.. but good luck getting your landlord to listen to you. Especially when half of your building is over 65 and constantly cold, even on a hot day.

>Opening windows to control temperature is a
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>dick move

You're bolding this like a lot of renters (myself included) have choice in this. With the windows open and the heat on my apt is a minimum of 85 degrees. It would be well over 100 if I didn't open the windows.

It's the landlords, management companies, and supers that need to do something about it.

With all of my windows open and the radiators going, it's still minimum of 85 degrees in my apt if I don't run my A/C. I can't turn either of my radiators off (I have two and a heating pole).

There really should be a maximum indoor temperature rule too.