remphish1 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 What a crappy night last night. First incident like this I ever had in NYC. I was parked on 48th and 8th (not a bad area of town) get to my car and see my window was smashed and they stole my ipod There went my 9600 songs that I soo mitculous put on my ipod over the last 2 years I do have them mostly backed up but a new ipod will be $350 and the window is $250. Plus I had to drive back late at night in 30 degree weather by myself for an hour. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Great way to start the week Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Goddamn. That sucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 honestly, 8th Ave isn't always the safest, no matter what block you're on. you were in Hell's Kitchen, so, I wouldn't exactly call it 'safe'. it's not terrible, but still a place to use caution. sorry this happened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Why is it called Hell's Kitchen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 I was a block from restauraunt row.. No I dea why it is called hells kitchen but now maybe I know! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Sorry to hear it remphish. I have had that happen to me too many times in NYC and it is the most sinking feeling. Hell's Kitchen is becoming so gentrified that I would have assumed your car would be safe there too. Its basically like the Upper East Side now with all the bars and restaurants there. Anyway, karma comes around and goes around. Some good karma is definitely in your future... As for the name, a quick google seach uncovers: Hell's Kitchen ...more than a neighborhood...it's a state of mind. From the slaughterhouses and breweries of the 1800s, the draft riots of 1863, the Fighting 69th of World War I, the home of New York's most dangerous criminals from the early tenement days to Prohibition to the Westies, Hell's Kitchen rose from the blood and fire of the poor dreaming their riotous dreams and searing the urban landscape with a wild, demanding spirit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Same thing happened to me on the exact day I had my last test to graduate college. I remember thinking that I would actually kill the person who did that. Along with my ipod, they stole my clean laundry. Sorry to hear about that. I hope something good happens to you to resolve your spirits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicburto Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 my car got broken into a few weeks back and my radio was stolen. the worst part was they stole my cupholders as well. Bastards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Why is it called Hell's Kitchen? From wikipedia: Alternative namesHell's Kitchen has stuck as the name even though real estate developers have offered alternatives of Clinton and Midtown West or even the Mid-West. The Clinton name originated in 1959 in an attempt to link the name to the DeWitt Clinton Park at 52nd and 11th Avenue. Clinton was a former New York governor. Hell's KitchenSeveral different explanations exist for the original name. An early use of the phrase appears in a comment Davy Crockett made about another notorious Irish slum in Manhattan, Five Points. According to the Irish Cultural Society of the Garden City Area: In 1835, [when] Davy Crockett said, "In my part of the country, when you meet an Irishman, you find a first-rate gentleman; but these are worse than savages; they are too mean to swab hell's kitchen," he was referring to the Five Points.[1] According to an article by Kirkley Greenwell, published online by the Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association: No one can pin down the exact origin of the label, but some refer to a tenement on 54th as the first "Hell's Kitchen." Another explanation points to an infamous building at 39th as the true original. A gang and a local dive took the name as well.... a similar slum also existed in London and was known as Hell's Kitchen. Whatever the origin of the name, it fit.[2] Local historian Mary Clark adds a probably-apocryphal anecdote when she states the name: ...first appeared in print on September 22, 1881 when a New York Times reporter went to the West 30s with a police guide to get details of a multiple murder there. He referred to a particularly infamous tenement at 39th Street and 10th Avenue as "Hell's Kitchen," and said that the entire section was "probably the lowest and filthiest in the city." According to this version, 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues became known as Hell's Kitchen and the name was later expanded to the surrounding streets. Another version ascribes the name's origins to a German restaurant in the area known as Heil's Kitchen, after its proprietors. But the most common version traces it to the story of Dutch Fred The Cop, a veteran policeman, who with his rookie partner, was watching a small riot on West 39th Street near 10th Avenue. The rookie is supposed to have said, "This place is hell itself," to which Fred replied, "Hell's a mild climate. This is Hell's Kitchen."[3] Today, most residents of the area, and most New Yorkers in general, refer to the area as "Hell's Kitchen," with "Clinton" being the name favored by the municipality, "gentrifiers," and eager real estate agents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Not want you want to hear I know, but that's why I never take any chances with any of that stuff. I could be going into a Starbucks in the middle of whitebread Fort Worth to get a cup of coffee and I'll take my iPod and my detachable radio face with me. Too many instances of friends having stuff stolen. It does suck. If its any consolation (and of course forgetting about the cost) the new 80 GB iPod does look nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 Not want you want to hear I know, but that's why I never take any chances with any of that stuff. I could be going into a Starbucks in the middle of whitebread Fort Worth to get a cup of coffee and I'll take my iPod and my detachable radio face with me. Too many instances of friends having stuff stolen. It does suck. If its any consolation (and of course forgetting about the cost) the new 80 GB iPod does look nice. Yeah..I'm looking. The only positive thing about this situation which I joked with my friends is I was running out of room on my 40gb ipod...Now I will be able to put another 10,000 songs on if I buy this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
farva Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I was parked on 48th and 8th (not a bad area of town) Sorry that happened ... just because they call it Clinton now doesn't mean you weren't in Hell's Kitchen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 I caved and bought the new 80 gig ipod...that and the window set me back $610! I knew I could last too long without my music in my car! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 as of thursday, my iPod battery became deceased for the second time in two years. g-damn iPod batteries are for shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.