MESSAGE
| DATE | 2012-10-06 |
| FROM | Ron Guerin
|
| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Killarney Rose
|
On 09/27/2012 11:14 AM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 03:35:17AM -0400, Ron Guerin wrote:
>> What's the story with the Rose these days? Is it still possible to
>> hold say, a tech talk there?
>>
>> - Ron
>
>
> Maybe on a weeknite.
>
> God I haven't been there in months.
I hadn't been there in years, and not upstairs since NYFU. It would not
have been a suitable venue for a tech talk anymore. (though you could
probably arrange to use it as Paul suggested about Suspenders, which I
didn't look into solely because one of the specifications of this
experiment was to /not/ have secured space.) Nevertheless, the upstairs
renovation provided a nice space for drinks and discussion. A bit
quieter than downstairs, I could hear everyone who was talking.
As far as it goes, the Thursday event crossed all thresholds required
for me to consider it a success. I've long wanted to try to do
something with public space but it has always been the most difficult
space of all to actually try and use, and both 9/11 and Occupy Wall
Street have made it harder. There really seems to be very little useful
and/or usable public space in Manhattan, at least when it comes to some
kind of tech discussion.
- Ron
|
|
