Comments on: C Rock http://www.edrants.com/c-rock/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.edrants.com/c-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-261130 Mark Tue, 04 May 2010 06:21:06 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10270#comment-261130 Me and my friends jump off C Rock every summer, especially when the Circle Line comes by. Me and my friends jump off C Rock every summer, especially when the Circle Line comes by.

]]> By: Robert http://www.edrants.com/c-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-260251 Robert Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:13:47 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10270#comment-260251 When I was a kid in Inwood in the 50s-60s the "C" was incomplete; it resembled an "L" for many years. When I was a kid in Inwood in the 50s-60s the “C” was incomplete; it resembled an “L” for many years.

]]> By: Robert http://www.edrants.com/c-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-260250 Robert Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:13:09 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10270#comment-260250 When I was a kid in Inwood in the 50s-60s the "C" was inconplete; it resembled an "L" for many years. When I was a kid in Inwood in the 50s-60s the “C” was inconplete; it resembled an “L” for many years.

]]> By: Lion http://www.edrants.com/c-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-251228 Lion Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:25:48 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10270#comment-251228 You may want to check this link to the Columbia wiki, which offers a similar story to yours but with a few different details. [http://www.wikicu.com/Columbia_C] Sadly, it includes no references. On another point -- if you truly feel that "Ivy Leaguers ... are the only one[s] afforded immunity and a natural canvas" to graffiti, you should take a walk along St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights. You'll get a whole new perspective on who gets immunity on permissive painted vandalism. As for the racist origin (a story I've never heard), a re-reading of the Inwoodite blog will clarify that the blogger does not claim the C's genesis was racist, as you suggest; the blogger instead points out that a tour guide told a racist story about its beginning. Inwoodite, in fact, seems to dismiss the story. You may want to check this link to the Columbia wiki, which offers a similar story to yours but with a few different details. [http://www.wikicu.com/Columbia_C] Sadly, it includes no references.

On another point — if you truly feel that “Ivy Leaguers … are the only one[s] afforded immunity and a natural canvas” to graffiti, you should take a walk along St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights. You’ll get a whole new perspective on who gets immunity on permissive painted vandalism.

As for the racist origin (a story I’ve never heard), a re-reading of the Inwoodite blog will clarify that the blogger does not claim the C’s genesis was racist, as you suggest; the blogger instead points out that a tour guide told a racist story about its beginning. Inwoodite, in fact, seems to dismiss the story.

]]> By: lsillaur http://www.edrants.com/c-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-250807 lsillaur Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:19:28 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10270#comment-250807 Yes great article. But I think the only trains that pass behind the Columbia "C" are Metro North trains. Amtrak travels along the Hudson river and crosses at a tresell below the Henry Hudson Bridge. Yes great article. But I think the only trains that pass behind the Columbia “C” are Metro North trains. Amtrak travels along the Hudson river and crosses at a tresell below the Henry Hudson Bridge.

]]> By: Levi http://www.edrants.com/c-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-250749 Levi Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:26:27 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=10270#comment-250749 Nicely done. It's nice to see that you have become a true New Yorker. Nicely done. It’s nice to see that you have become a true New Yorker.

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