East River Redevelopment Update: Birdcage Society

Thursday, June 1, 2006, by Lockhart

In a previous age, a previous era, we had an obsession of sorts with the Richard Rogers/SHoP plans for the new East Village waterfront in Downtown Manhattan. We danced 'neath the FDR; we lived the louche life of cafe society; we threaded the intestine. But never did we see this coming. From a Gutter correspondent dissecting New York's 2016 dreamscape of our city:

We noticed a fantastic little rendering from the incestuous clan over at SHoP, depicting the new East River waterfront, chinaman with bird cage and all. We just love cultural stereotypes. Where's the black guy with a boom box, the Puerto Rican with the flag-do-rag, the gay guy with a wifebeater and cutoff jean shorts? Doesn't anyone at SHoP know how to search Google Images?

· In 2016, Racial Stereotypes Rule [The Gutter]
· East River Redevelopment Update: Cafe Society [Curbed]
· East River Redevelopment Update: Thread the Intestine [Curbed]
· East River Redevelopment Update: Meet the Esplanade [Curbed]

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Comments (6 extant)

what am i missing here? i have seen a chinese person with a bird cage before. i never knew that the old chinaman-with-a-birdcage stereotype was such a touchy subject.

however, upon closer review, it appears that those birds are negroes. i find that a lot more offensive than anything else.

By pc police at June 1, 2006 1:35 PM

Over-sensitive much?

By Tai Cheese at June 1, 2006 1:45 PM

I think the most offensive thing is how shitty this rendering is. c'mon greg, flatter us a little

By Anonymous at June 1, 2006 4:53 PM

That's not a rendering! It's a famous triptych by Hieronymus Bosch

By Art Goldberg at June 1, 2006 8:38 PM

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This is not an accurate rendering!

Where are all the 300 lb. tourists?

By _REAL_ at October 24, 2007 11:45 AM