tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post2778577284440458748..comments2024-03-11T21:41:58.342-04:00Comments on The New York Times Crossword in Gothic: 09.21.07 -- The Long and the Shortz of ItDONALDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-64406942465794202007-09-26T22:21:00.000-04:002007-09-26T22:21:00.000-04:00by antediluvian I was using the other sense of the...by antediluvian I was using the other sense of the term: out-of-date, or old fashioned. But wow, I did not notice that the buildings were the same structures with different faces resembling the currents times, respectively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-43776856083555091842007-09-24T22:55:00.000-04:002007-09-24T22:55:00.000-04:00Antediluvian? 80 years is 20 short of a century, ...Antediluvian? 80 years is 20 short of a century, and a far remove from the Biblical Flood -- of course, its all relative as to one's age!<BR/><BR/>The Times building is still there, it was stripped bare in the early 60's, refaced with marble and renamed the Allied Chemical Bldg. -- no one liked it, it went away, at least the sign did. The marble remained and is now covered with neon and etc. -- the building is now little more than a pylon for advertising -- when it was built, it was one of the tallest and most impressive buildings in the City, standing alone in Longacre Square (subsequently renamed Times Square) like a little Tower of Babel.<BR/><BR/>Carry on!DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-1925204904487188942007-09-24T22:34:00.000-04:002007-09-24T22:34:00.000-04:00I must say though, there is an antediluvian appeal...I must say though, there is an antediluvian appeal from the Times Sq of 1938. And it is natural of course that this modern capitalist society has revolutionized. <BR/><BR/>The pictures definitely express the contrasts of the times past to the times present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-37639085613145988572007-09-23T08:51:00.000-04:002007-09-23T08:51:00.000-04:00danny wongYou comment could be placed with the pho...danny wong<BR/><BR/>You comment could be placed with the photograph of Times Square today -- certainly a contrast with 1938, eh?DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-90572139927387215732007-09-22T17:27:00.000-04:002007-09-22T17:27:00.000-04:00Times certainly have changed. We are now a prolif...Times certainly have changed. We are now a prolific society adorned in technological advances and vast wealth. Since 1938 we've discovered how to build nuclear weapons, the computer was invented, music has evolved, and society no longer aims to put merely put food on the table, but society selfishly attaches itself to personal capital--ornate jewlery and excessive luxuries--to feel a complete sense of satisfaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com