10 September 2007

On air-conditioning the city


Walking South on Amsterdam Avenue/115th Street, New York City, 8:30 pm: Matthew and I walk by the Columbia Law School annex building on the way to drink beer and eat wings. The front door is wide open, and the air conditioner is set to -3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. At 20' away, we are blasted with a refreshing current of air. It's pretty awesome.

Walking North on Amsterdam Avenue/115th Street, 20 wings and an inordinate amount of PBRs later: Matthew and I walk by the Columbia Law School annex building on the way home. The front door is wide open, and the air conditioner is set to -3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. At 20' away, we are blasted with a refreshing current of air. It's pretty awesome. ridiculous how much energy the fat cats at Columbia just wasted in making certain that the passing street rats are comfortable on a humid night.

Hey legal eagles, it doesn't matter how tight your weather stripping is when the fucking front door is open.

3 comments:

Matthew said...

Pete: 25 cent wings, 2 dollar PBR. Lion's Head.

All us kids at morningside heights (insert georgetown/adams morgan/chelsea) get our electrons from a dirty plants upstate /long island / Astoria (DC, you gets a lot of nuclear, woo hoo!), obviously located in poorer neighborhoods with less political capital to put up a good NIMBY fight. One *might* say class divides and profligate waste is an environmental (justice) issue...

Tighten up law (justice) school.

Pete said...

Way to be Johnny-on-the-spot with the info, Matt. I was about to throw a TU on you two for excluding me from the libations, but thanks to Mr. Crosby's forward thinking, I will refrain.

Pepper said...

Point taken Pete: it was last-minute, but that's no excuse.