Article here
Although I'll freely admit that the dumpster apartment runs a close second to an extended cupola caboose as something I'd want for my personal man-cave.
Posted on 12/16/2013 5:24:55 AM PST by oblomov
There goes the neighborhood!
Motor homes have invaded the Upper West Side, sparking fear in the hearts of residents worried their well-heeled haven could fast be transformed into a low-rent campsite.
“Why is this ugly piece of junk here?” demanded area activist Gretchen Berger, referring to the rusted RV that has been stationed at Riverside Drive and 74th Street.
“It just sort of creeps me out that somebody is living in a parking space, and this may give rise to other people thinking that it’s a cheap way to live on the Upper West Side, where the rents are high. Is Manhattan going to become a trailer park?”
The RV — an ’84 Chevy Pathfinder — belongs to Queens-born Rabbi Steve Blumberg, a Kabbalah practitioner, who told The Post his neighbors need to lighten up.
“If you want a gated community, you should live in Creedmoor [Psychiatric Center],” he said. “Otherwise-liberal West Siders have very serious middle-class scruples about what should or should not be in their neighborhood.”
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>>I guess Gray’s Papaya will not be putting out the welcome mat!
No they won’t...this guy has a job! >rimshot<
Finally got around to reading the article, lol! It seems to be only one guy with a rundown RV. I’ve often seen RVs parked on Central Park West - with the windows all blacked out. I just thought it was a new version of the Manson family living there - not a rabbi!
It certainly enhanced the diversity of the neighborhood.
maybe thats Jesse Pinkman is,
I’ve seen them around the UWS here and there. I assumed they were construction workers or other transient types.
Reminds me of a story of a woman in Washington State who lived on the Sound and called the police because she said she saw a man exposing himself.
When police arrived, they found her seaside villa and an angry older woman pointing to an anchored sailboat offshore. “I saw him this morning coming out of his boat wearing nothing but his underwear!”
The policeman squinted. “That boat is a mile away, ma’am. How could you tell what he was wearing?”
“With these!” she said, producing a pair of hi power binoculars.
After further conversation, they found out the real reason the woman was incensed was that she had worked all her life to get her ocean view, and she was incensed that anyone could intrude into “her” perfect view of the ocean on any floating “piece of junk”.
They are all for helping the poor (with your money), as long as they don’t have to look at or come in contact with them.
Looks mighty tasty. :-)
Parking tickets daily shouldn’t be hard to figure out.
That might be an improvement. I know some nice people who live in trailer parks.
An old caboose is a wonderful man-cave or weekend getaway. I almost bought one a few years ago. Beautiful wood inside, bunk beds, wood stove. The problem is getting it inspected and certified to transport it over the rails. Once you get it to your location you’re okay.
Yeah, in my perfect world I also have the caboose attached to a refurbished boxcar ... which is where the home theater and library are.
:D
One friend of mine had a wooden caboose that did double duty as semi-historical display and summer cabin, and his advice is that unless someone wants to devote all their spare moments to painting, caulking, replacing rotted wood, etc, avoid them like the plague. All-steel cabooses are still a lot of work, but at least a person can walk away from them once in a while to do something else.
You are right about the inspection part; wheelsets, air brake, bearings, couplers... they'll all get a proctological exam before the caboose rolls an inch onto a common carrier's rails, and older cabooses may have to be specially handled at the rear of a train, which occasionally makes for interesting routing.
Mr. niteowl77
Are you certain that the vehicle is parked illegally? Other than its size, what would make parking an RV any different from parking some other vehicle on the street?
I have noticed that also, people living in campers.
Just a couple of years ago, trailer parks had just single and double wides. Now I see a lot of smaller, weekend type trailers that are someone’s permanent home.
Other locations have noticed— rental storage units. At one point transiting from one location and picking up furniture, noticed a guy every night coming in at midnight, parking his car in front of an outside unit and locking himself inside— to spend the night. Saw him next morning early AM taking off to whatever work he was doing. This is the reality of those who may be living off EBT and welfare to some extent— or are proud and working and trying hard to live, but an alternate hidden economy.
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