Monday, January 24, 2011

As edgy NYC disappears, does its character go too? (AP)

FILE - In this June 19, 2008 file photo, Angelica, a fire eater, performs at Sideshows by the Seashore at Coney Island in New York. CBGB, the birthplace of punk rock, is gone. No longer can visitors to Coney Island plunk down a few coins to play the unsettling attraction called 'Shoot the Freak.' And seedy, edgy, anything-might-happen Times Square? These days, it's all but childproof. Around countless corners, the weird, unexpected, edgy, grimy New York — the town that so many looked to for so long as a relief from cookie-cutter America — has evolved into something else entirely: tamed, prepackaged, even predictable.  (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)AP - CBGB, the birthplace of punk rock, is gone. No longer can visitors to Coney Island plunk down a few coins to play the unsettling attraction called "Shoot the Freak." And seedy, edgy, anything-might-happen Times Square? These days, it's all but childproof.


Patricia Arquette Patricia Heaton Paula Cole Penelope Cruz Portia De Rossi

No comments:

Post a Comment