Tin Pan Alley up for sale and possible tear down

Man. Progress is progress, I know... but sometimes you just wish it wasn't. First, they're (The Man and other Men) gonna skitch 1520 Sedgwick Ave, the birthplace of hip-hop, and now, the New York block where someof the greatest songs ever written in history is up for redevelopment... Tin Pan Alley.

Five four-storey brownstone buildings in the area known as Tin Pan Alley are on offer for $44 million, with the dumb-ass real estate people recommending all the old buildings be torn down to make way for a high rise.

Tin Pan Alley is the name given to an area on West 28th Street that once housed the best music publishers and songwriters. The name Tin Pan Alley dates to about 1885, when "song pluggers" played piano and sang up and down the street to promote the sale of sheet music.

George Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, Scott Joplin, Cole Porter and Fats Waller have all worked and written songs on the street. One of the buildings up for sale, 55 W. 28th St., was also the home of Mother Earth, the magazine started in 1906 by anarchist Emma Goldman.

Historical preservationists, including the New York blog Lost City, have decried the sale as a loss of New York heritage. "These buildings are incredibly significant to the development of New York City. They helped launch the careers of songwriters and musicians who are still popular today," said Historic Districts Council executive director Simeon Bankoff.

So whaddaya know from Tin Pan Alley? Check this for highlights...

A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight, 1896.
In The Good Old Summertime, 1902. (see below)
Shine On Harvest Moon, 1908.
Take Me Out To The Ballgame, 1908.
Sweet Georgia Brown, 1925.
Ain't She Sweet, 1927.
Happy Days Are Here Again, 1930.

Comments

[Nuru ''The Source'']

Je suis très heureux que cette maison soit un monument (Big House) pour la communauté Hip-hop.
Surtout la nouvelle génération doit s'avoir ce que cela répresente pour elle.

Big up : hip hop, kool herc !

La lutte continous !! one love