An arts revival at the World Trade Center site

[@philaman1972]

With all respect to Mr. Bloomberg, remote work is here to stay and many employees are more than willing to go elsewhere if their employer gives them ultimatums about returning to the office. For example, I am a programmer and find myself more productive than I ever did at the office. Moreover, I do not have to get subjected to office politics/drama/noise and associate with people who in reality could care less about me. Lastly, work/life balance is now in my favor instead of the other way around.

[@MBP1990-z8i]

An 81 YO billionaire who owns significant CRE is going to protect the status quo.

[@vicdog4440]

It will always depend on the position/type of work. That's NEVER gonna change. And if you wanna "go somewhere else"... GO! There will be someone behind you to take your place. Those who show the effort to be PRESENT will be the ones to get further in the business.

[@mepulley7913]

@@vicdog4440 - Effort has proven that some companies have exceled while WFH. Many companies have had great success with it. No "job" begs anyone to stay. I'm certain everyone at some point discovers, EVERYONE is Replaceable. And when it comes to "mentoring", how can that not be done over a zoom call?

[@Cwgrlup]

I was doing remote work as an RN case manager for Anthem Blue Cross before the pandemic and before this trend started. It was really only a privilege and right given to professionals and management level employees who had high level jobs and not the low level clerical support staff. It is not reasonable to expect that people with low level degrees of competence work at home because that’s what they want- it’s not about their preferences. It’s about the needs of the business. I had to finish college and work many years in an ICU in a level one trauma center before I had the luxury of setting my own hours and working at home in pajamas. The younger generations are so entitled and selfish that they’re clueless about what the real world is about. It’s not about getting what you want without earning it. People who show initiative, self-discipline and dedication to their employer are the kind of employees who deserve to receive the flexibility. It is an earned opportunity. It’s the same thing as these minimum wage workers who demand pay increases to make as much as others who went to a trade school. This new generation is an entitled, spoiled, lazy, selfish, irresponsible generation.

[@1525boy]

It’s been proven that most people are far more productive working from the office as opposed to home.

[@tiladam21]

It’s disgusting to me that nearly half of this interview has nothing to do with this new performing arts center.

[@makigott19]

exactly WHAT A MISLEADING TITLEEEEEEEE much of it was a sit down interview SHOW US THE ART the place that we wanna see more than hearing these twooo

[@volcrazy89]

That's the corporate media for you.

[@bangtan396]

Came to say this, so disappointing!

[@tundrav8georgia]

@@josmacchagree the damn liberal media doesn’t get it

[@42976675]

Doesn’t disgust me. Its about healing with the performing art center being the diamond inset and not the other way around.

[@KlyBell]

I've been working remotely since before the pandemic. The work I do doesn't require me to be in an office-in fact, as a copywriter, it's best that I'm not in an office setting where I'd be continually distracted. If people who work from home don't deliver on their duties, offer them training and professional development, discipline them if need be, require them to come into the office part-time, or fire them. The rest of them, if their work gets done, then companies save on costs, workers have a better work-life balance, and are statistically more productive than when they're in the office. Antiquated ideas like Bloomburg's are just that. The workforce is moving on without them, and happily so.

[@mepulley7913]

What he is advocating for are his investments. Especially in banks and other lenders who have loan money to builders/management companies with empty floor to expensive buildings.

[@KlyBell]

100% @@mepulley7913

[@thomasanders1314]

I think it's a very beautiful concept to turn this amount of dark energy into something beautiful: art.

[@howardjuliewiley5629]

People cannot afford to live in the city. That means they have to spend hours commuting to get to work. That does not contribute to quality of life.

[@Jake-rs9nq]

It's not the last piece of the WTC. The 2nd WTC is still a construction site, it's the multicolored metal sheeting that is next to the PAC in this video.

[@zanethomas6865]

Maybe the reason golf courses are doing well is people don't have to spend hours each week getting ready and commuting just to sit in an office where they don't interact with the public. They don't have to buy expensive dress clothes to wear and saving on gas. I don't play golf myself but if others are able to enjoy it more on a weekday, let them. I think Bloomberg doesn't realize that by remote work you're able to do more without some Bill Lumbergh bugging you every 20 minutes about TPS reports. #okbloomer

[@muscularviolist6734]

He is entitled to his opinion, however he sounds like he is more concerned with the assets of his wealthy friends than the people who fill those posts. Many, not all, people can and do work very effectively from home. The balance of power changes between employer and employee with this new dynamic and that’s probably the real concern.

[@madasylum1]

Remote work cannot be reversed and it honestly should not be. A lot of American Cities became too car-centric and the amount of money, time and energy we spend in traffic is abysmal. If work is getting done, that's all that should matter. I understand that the lack of foot traffic in the day will lead to shuttered service jobs, but many have adopted online interfaces or delivery options for a reason. It's just the way it is now. People don't go outside unless they're going to party or play. For me, a lot of suits who want people back in the office are usually the bosses that never did their actual work and miss being able to sabre rattle and spill their egos and power on people. They're delusion of power and importance is gone and they've found they're nothing with out it.

[@Marylandbrony]

Yeah, transit systems for the most part have not recovered since the pandemic and the rates of driving have recovered. The idea that wfh will promote urbanism has proven to be a fantasy. If anything strong transit cities like New York and Chicago are still shrinking while more people move into the sun belt cities. If anything we are the beginning of an urban dark age after the short renaissance in the 2000s/2010s.

[@swatidoesthings]

What is this story about? Because I learned nothing about the arts center.

[@hummersd]

The wfh discussion seemed out of place when the topic was about the PAC.

[@christophercobb249]

I agree, I don't see how that was relevant to the discussion that was advertised as the focus of this. Also, does it really matter if Michael Bloomberg doesn't understand remote work/working from home? He seems to think that apparently everyone working from home is hanging out at a golf course all summer. I literally know no one who works remotely and spends all their time golfing. If anything, everyone I know who is working remotely is actually working even more due to the lack of a commute. I've worked remotely for three years now and my productivity and efficiency has vastly increased. Also, does he think a 25 year old is unable to learn how the work world operates just because they aren't in an office? It's disappointing, as I was hoping this would specifically focus on the role of the arts in promoting resilience and healing after tragedy. Not about Michael Bloomberg's opinions about remote work. I remember 9/11 all too well and I can still recall where I was that day. A day I will surely not forget, ever. I hoped for better from this piece.

[@jeffpetrie7744]

Oh my sides!! A billionaire complaining about how poor people are not working hard enough. You can eff ALL THE WAY OFF, Mr. Bloomberg.

[@scpatl4now]

Nice to see Michael Bloomberg still as out of touch as he has been recently. While I commend his drive to get guns off the streets, does anyone think we are wining that battle? I don't think many people will be giving up remote work without a fight once they get a taste of it.

[@gridley]

He's a typical so-called Limousine Liberal. As such, he's always at loggerheads with his own ideology & his sociopolitical preferences.

[@colbystearns5238]

Rich old guy gonna rich old guy.

[@BigBubbaTakeYoAzz]

Nobody like me, who's home all the time with a nonexistent social life, wants to work from home. The only time I'm NOT home is when I'm at work; why would I want to give that up?

[@imtired1696]

Lmao. Came to see the PAC. Got a Bloomberg puff piece. 🤪

[@StitchGV]

He’s right about working from home, but he also has to realize it’s extremely beneficial for people whose life circumstances make on-site work almost impossible for them. Not EVERYONE needs to work from home, but people with kids, dependents, medical issues, or special needs, absolutely should be given that option and paid just as much. Working from home has opened up employment opportunities for people with special circumstances that were never available to them before. Many of them had to take jobs that allowed for their needs but paid them peanuts, or had to accept government assistance or disability (which really doesn’t pay much). But being able to do office work from their own computer allows them to have normal lives with normal finances. But yes, in addition to what he’s saying about the work losing something through zoom, it’s also economically dangerous for a city to remove the foot traffic from neighborhoods with businesses who rely on it. That could start a recession that would be extremely difficult to fix, if the only solution tells people they can no longer have this amazing new convenience that gives them a more free lifestyle. Working from home is an amazing innovation, but it can’t be done by everyone all at once.

[@fantasyNamerian]

I'm a software engineer. My work is in front of a computer. I don't need to go into the office to work. In fact, when I work in an open office, the noises, people, and various distractions make my productivity go down 80%. I'm a lot more productive when I work in a space that I'm comfortable in and, often, that space is my home.

[@barose1]

And not everyone can afford to live in a city and afford and maintain an automobile that can handle regular commutes.

[@mepulley7913]

Bloomberg like many of major cities Landlord's are in FEAR of loosing their profits, and fortunes! It's not a "I don't know", as he claims "I don't know" is simply an EXCUSE. Your colleagues ARE NOT YOUR friends. Bloomberg needs to re-examine that word because once someone gets laid off or fired, most of your "work friends" Forget You, or are told NOT TO SPEAK TO YOU!

[@celebrityrog]

He isn’t right about work from home. He’s complaining because people who own buildings aren’t full of rent paying tax paying employees and employers. That benefits him directly. So I say keep working from home. Less business more homes.

[@StitchGV]

@@barose1 Exactly. Most of the people who can’t are parents of young kids and caretakers of dependents, who are putting large chunks of their income toward daycare and sitters while they’re stuck at an office for 8-10 hours a day. Those are among the groups who should be given the option to work from home permanently. As for anyone else, if their job isn’t paying them enough to live close and commute to work, then why are they in that job?

[@maxhine3550]

Why do they insist on asking people whose careers are over to give their opinions on how people are working now? I guess it fits what old-school companies and investors want - to cover costs on the buildings they are still paying for in taxes, rent, upkeep, etc.. They also want folks commuting again to put money into public transport or fossil fuels. However, a lot of us get more work done with technology and efficiency than having people hovering over our shoulders, interrupting us to bs while we are trying to focus, or demanding we drop everything for meetings that last too long and accomplish little. No Bloomberg, you don't need to be in someone's face to figure out they are a good worker, network with others, or be able to give a recommendation based on performance. Don't be a hater because younger people have figured out how to get work done and then have free time for golf (or whatever else they want/need to do).

[@MrCWells3000]

Because he bought himself that interview, that’s why.

[@Memessssss]

RIP to everyone🙏 that new Art cube project looks awesome!

[@Jimirulz1]

The final pieces are two and five World Trade Center, two massive buildings.

[@RaindoggTV]

There’s endless studies that people are more productive working from home. I get that going to office is good for the restaurants near by, but I also know most people can’t afford to spend that much money on lunch in cities. Not everyone makes a million dollars a year.

[@Cwgrlup]

It’s a very beautiful place to remember 911. Hard to believe that 30 somethings don’t even have a clear memory of the horrors that happened to us that day. Never forget September 11, 2001. God Bless America.

[@juanDiaz-tt6sl]

I disagree with him. I work from home and I have been more productive since I can adjust my times and schedules to carry out my job activities. Sometimes working in person causes you to think a lot about issues that can be resolved by following pre-established guidelines for working remotely.

[@armstronghawkins9183]

I don't like to dismiss people b/c of their age but 5:59 "You can't do the same thing via Zoom, that you can do face-to-face, period." is an old man talking. Sure, there will be jobs and orgs that can't function remotely. But people go to school remotely, trials are held remotely, city planning meeting with public input are held remotely, software testing is done remotely....the remote work force is here to stay and will only grow. People used to say no one will buy clothes that they can't see and touch. We are wired. Period. : )

[@BilboBaggins-q8k]

Not all of us . More valid for city living scenarios .

[@BigBubbaTakeYoAzz]

With how atomized society already is, limiting face to face interaction will just make people have even worse social skills than they already do

[@d0ntreply]

employees are just scared of change but its inevitable for jobs that involve 100% computer work. nothing will trump efficiency and convenience, these are two pillars of technological development and nothing will stop it.

[@leanneadams2549]

Yes the office with a real hand shake is the same as reading a hand written letter or getting an email. People need the hard copy !!!!

[@HigherQualityUploads]

I won't be getting an in-person job so long as there is insufficient infrastructure in my area that makes it unsafe or otherwise impossible for me to get to work by bike or public transport. Our country is very hostile to people not inside a two ton metal cage on wheels.

[@millabasset1710]

Boomers and Gen X want Millennials and Zoomers on the Hamster wheel. I understand a business is a business but expecting Americans to work 80 hours a week to have a chance at retirement is not dignifying.

[@appnzllr]

Re. the inner city. Empty office buildings will have to be converted to condos. Then people can work downtown in an old office building in their own apartment.

[@popularguygaming]

They should've done another Freedom Tower building next to World Trade Center 1, but without an antenna.

[@joebush9865]

A billionaire, bureaucratic ex-mayor who commoditized and limited housing in that city like never before, talking about crime and labor... you're joking.

[@1525boy]

He’s the one responsible for the hyper gentrification of the city. He’s the one responsible for turning Manhattan into a global, luxury zone and a playground for the wealthy, global elite.

[@1916mookies]

Thank you Mr. Bloomberg for your generosity and for loving our city.

[@1805movie]

I'm really looking forward to the PAC.

[@NealKlein]

When confronted by the discussion of working at home, watch how often Bloomberg demonstrates his ignorance of the subject and his biases. He uses an example of people at golf courses. Really!? So younger professionals in IT, engineering and the sciences are off at the golf course? He doesn't understand what drives that because he's so stuck in his opinion that he can't step away from it. No wonder he didn't make it in the 2020 primary with all his money. He has no connection to what drives people dominated systems: people. He sure understands process enough to run a city, but he's missing a key piece.

[@RyanWehr]

Exactly. It’s not hard to respond to a email from a golf course. As long as tasks and projects are getting done, who cares where the worker is.. he is a dinosaur.. people hate the office. Simple as that. And workers are happier from home.

[@MollyPorter]

I couldn’t agree more. Plenty of work gets done via zoom. With distributed teams in multiple locations, face to face interaction was a rarity for many workers even before Covid. Why should I go into an office just to be on zoom all day? The media and big corporations are colluding to end remote work. This piece is a perfect example.

[@MollyPorter]

@@RyanWehr people working from home should not be on a golf course. Work is a lot more than answering emails. It requires more intention and focus

[@sandravega6645]

Not all office workers play golf or even care about the game!!!

[@jenl2530]

As a NYer, I appreciate the ways that Bloomberg started improvements to make city life better, ranging from converting streets to pedestrian plazas with seating to the new performing arts center. The piece also exposes Bloomberg’s biggest fault, a tendency to see as he wants to see and deny the reality. Bloomberg’s social policies in NY were abject failures at the end of his last term and caused needless suffering to the poor and to many, many children. Families were displaced from their homes as a direct result of Bloomberg policies and some never recovered. Read the story of Desani from his last year in office in the NY Times for one example. He implemented barriers to aid, much like some red states do now, which only serve to injure the most vulnerable, the physically and mentally challenged, poor families, the elderly, and children. He has never wanted to acknowledge the reality and sources of social problems in the contemporary world and instead takes the very Victorian approach of blaming the poor, even children, for their situation. His blind spot seems to extend to WFH too. It’s not his world, not his generational view, not his preference, and in that area he has a willful blindness to how the world is changing and has changed. The new PAC is beautiful, and a benefit to downtown no doubt, but Bloomberg is still flawed Bloomberg.

[@gabrielekstamp9838]

Yes art does nurture the soul

[@Timetraveler101]

Bloomberg 2024 !! He is the only man who can save nyc & the country …

[@marytheresejacksonlutz2533]

Wish Bloomberg could do something to help my beloved Baltimore

[@gian71390]

Here on sao paulo, we starting to get this ideas right, grate guy

[@noahh9472]

We need WTC 2 We need a report on why it hasnt been rebuilt

[@markmrkmarc]

God bless America ❤ 🇺🇸

[@angellas.1314]

Commuting for me would be almost 2 hrs each way. That is 4 hours that I actually can use to work or rest up and I can refocus on work. Also, the cost of fuel; the tolls I had to pay, mine is one less car that is spuying car exhaust in miserable traffic. I hated being in an office. I had to buy noise canceling earbuds so I could concentrate on work. I am a much happier and balanced person working from home.

[@ONE1BEAT]

Thank you , Mr Bloomberg, for your strength & vision Making a difference! ☝️

[@mepulley7913]

His "strength & vision" had no problem violating the rights of many NYC residents. Look up his Stop and Frisk program, and how well that went.

[@RyanWehr]

Yes you can work over zoom. And all that matters is that the work is getting done. The days of a shity cubical career is over.

[@christinacascadilla4473]

Okay, here is a question for any real estate tax lawyer out there. I don’t understand how a NYC landlord can raise the rent so high that it drives out the establishment business in the spot, then be able to afford to leave the storefront empty for five years. Is there some kind of “empty storefront tax credit” that actually encourages this? I’ll use the Cornelia Street Cafe as example. In the same location for 49 years, the lease is up, the landlord raises the rent to something he knows they can’t pay, and the space stays empty for five years. Some bar for annoying people is supposed to open there this month. But why is it to a landlord’s advantage to leave a spot vacant for five years? As to Bloomberg’s contention that people need to go back to the office, if economics is all about supply and demand, why aren’t rents coming down if 30% of Manhattan office space is empty?

[@tiwantiwaabibiman2603]

Because they can write off the vacant real estate as a loss and depreciation on their taxe filings, which they end up paying less taxes on their overall tax return. The truth of it is some people are just greedy for the sake of greed. The other trifling irony is that new trendy bar fir annoying people will probably fold in 16 months to 3 years. Where as the Cafe that was there 49 years would probably be there another 20-40 years if they weren't priced out - intentionally.

[@josephnotoempire2949]

What have you studied on the subject of monopoly and government capture?

[@josephnotoempire2949]

Real Estate Industry bribes fuel NYC Mayoral Campaigns.

[@steveconn]

Glad the Borg offered one of their cubes to help beautify this tragic area. Remembrance is futile!

[@scpatl4now]

We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

[@_Breakdown]

Ha-ha! I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING! AND COULD SEE mini-mike WITH A BORG-IMPLANT - - - HE'S SURE GOT THE PERSONALITY TO BE A BORG!

[@jealousofmypuddin]

His views on WFH are not surprising, but a new generation is coming up that thinks differently and thank goodness. I don't miss my old commute and having to go into a building and essentially waste 8 hours of my day.

[@BigBubbaTakeYoAzz]

If i worked from home I would never leave. What's the difference between thatand prison?

[@1972mdc]

I love MB! I wish he would run for president

[@ONE1BEAT]

He did run for President! Unfortunately many were not aware of his accomplishments This is a real Heroic New Yorker ☝️

[@1972mdc]

@@ONE1BEAT he bailed as he didn’t want to run against Hillary as a dem. I’d take him in any party frankly

[@rocklobster64]

Wish this piece was more about the building..

[@BAMCarter12]

22: years .... i feel old AF!!

[@Mario500NOW]

(suggestion: let every eleventh day of September be a regular calendar day)

[@ChandraNYC]

Hilarious that this gazillionaire wants to force everyone back into their cubicles… Meanwhile, during his term as Mayor, he regularly jetted off to unknown locations AND refused to say where!!!

[@JR-gh8lp]

What lower totem employees are “working” at the golf course?

[@pho3nix-]

We will never forget.

[@amooreperiod]

While I respect Bloombergs accomplishments, he is shortsighted on two point that reflects outmoded thinking. 1. cities evolve in accordance with their current circumstances. So, a city from 1800 is very different from the 1900 vs 2023. This is driven by innovations and changes in the lives of workers and residents. It would behoove city planners and landlord to stop clinging to ways of thinking about land use that is clearly changing…he literally even said it about lower Manhattan and its recovery after 9/11 under his watch. 2. Remote work existed before the pandemic, accelerated during, and is here to stay for many eligible jobs in the future. I understand his negativity toward it because the idea is not native to his generation but just like cities evolve so does the nature and structure of work. Many workers have productively adapted to it and there will be many young employees who will be so native that they will improve and flourish in this new environment. It doesn’t do business any good to stomp their feet and winge about this current evolution when it can and does have many benefits for both business and employees. Finally, I don’t see anyone advocating bringing back factory work to cities with 12 hour work shifts, that’s because we have all long since moved on from all that, just as we need to turn a corner now.

[@adlad75]

Anyone know who that is at the desk @ 4:24 ? He looks like a travel KZbinr, but not sure. Definitely doesn't look like just some random stock photo. 🤓👍

[@KevinCovington5453]

RE: REMOTE WORKING - Hes Right, You Have GOT To Be There To Build Relationships However! Hes Wrong, My Most Productive Hours are From Midnight Til 5am Quite, Not Interruptions, Make Some Early Monring Phone Calls, Touch Base With My Entire Team And/Or Clients By Noon, And Yeah, If I Want To Go To The Beach or Golf Course? I CAN!

[@kooale]

Congratulations New York, you're great as always. Thank you Mr. Bloomberg. XO from the Midwest.

[@weston.weston]

So glad David Pogue isn't reporting this piece.

[@Itsgrantsrants]

I completely disagree with his take on remote work. Companies made record amounts of money over the pandemic. He doesn't sit in a cube 40 hours a week. He's out there on the golf course....

[@victorvector4355]

This is a perfect example of why death is the change agent needed to move the human race forward. Bloomberg is 81 and he learned as a young man that you conduct business in person - that's the way you do it and you go to a building to work because there is no other option. He says I can't work with someone over Zoom. And that is only because it is a foreign concept to him, and he is most comfortable with old school methods. His 81-year-old brain is not as elastic as it once was and cannot adopt well to new modes of working. This is all too common and what happens to most of us. We learn how the world operates from 0-30 and it becomes so ingrained that anything new that comes along - especially after the age of 70 it is just plainly difficult for most to adjust. That old saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" is largely true. There are exceptions mind you - but very rare. My neighbor for example is 82 and doesn't have a computer - doesn't trust them. He has lived in the same house since 1968. He writes checks to pay for everything from groceries to electricity and goes into a bank to do his banking as he doesn't trust ATMs either! My Aunt is 62 and she banks electronically and pays bills online, but she says she will never trust autonomous cars or anything AI driven. And forget going to Mars - that, as she says, is not possible. And the beat goes on. If people don't grow old and die and new generations arrive to take their place - can you imagine how stagnant we would become? Remote work is here to stay, and it will actually move into the metaverse where we will do everything from working, shopping and even climbing Mount Everest in an entirely virtual world. Michael Bloomberg will be long gone by then and at peace not having to embrace a world that no longer makes sense to him!

[@colbystearns5238]

If the first people in existence were immortal and weren't replaced by newer generations, we would still be cavemen today.

[@jolicska]

they should have rebuild the twins as they were stood still. that would be the real memmorial for those who passed away that day and im sure what those people wanted the twins to stay at their places forever. not a big hole look like pool resembling like a hole to hell and and an ugly new one world order tower.

[@MightBeAPizza]

Its actually not the last part of the WTC as there's one building that still needs to be constructed but there hasnt been much demand for it.

[@ginamartin4448]

Back when Rudy has something to be proud of. How a man can fall from the influence of a crook.

[@bamargerin]

What happened to Blue Hat's head at the 5:22 mark ?!!!

[@brianhollenbeck8633]

Thanks Mike.😇👑🌍🌎🌏💚👍

[@tundrav8georgia]

Not a fan on Bloomberg but looks great

[@teresakelton8286]

I never forget where I was that day!

[@tiwantiwaabibiman2603]

The solution to "improve" city's downtown areas has always been GENTRIFICATION. Gentrification has and will always push out and price out "regular" everyday folks (who aren't always doing crime).

[@MalenkyGoblin]

Wasn't this the same Michael Bloomberg who said he wished New York City was nothing but billionaires?

[@funwithFred]

I agree with him.....

[@gedigi9010]

Michael Bloomberg is a National Treasure.

[@TheHolyMongolEmpire]

I thought this was a Daily Show segment after hearing Mo Roccas voice...

[@johnoldfield2390]

Office occupation depends n freedom and accessibility to leases, salaries and funds for purchase and or existing ownership otherwise not all the offices will get used.

[@91_C4_FL]

People over a certain age don’t know how to collaborate remotely and because they can’t, they think nobody can. The world is leaving them behind and it’s shrinking their talent pool.

[@paul7986]

Umm whatever Bloomberg re: your thoughts of remote work. If your not making friends at your place of work you will seek them out elsewhere...like on the golf course! His thoughts on remote work shows his age and of a person who never worked remotely but only the old way. Who wants to wake up and commute into a city and then back (that's additional 2 to 4 hours of your day ) ... it's lunacy when your work can be done at remotely!

[@buddyrevell6369]

Commute wasn't as bad back then. Even now this guy has a chauffeur or uses a helicopter to avoid the little people he so desperately longs to control.

[@BigBubbaTakeYoAzz]

I don't want to be home all the time. It feels like prison.

[@adelaferreira4575]

Totally agree with Mr. Bloomberg ,fine arts are the food for our souls and the ease for our pain .

[@rinowx5]

Not the gentrifier talking about art.

[@mariacheebandidos7183]

the same people who predicted that it was just going to be a cycle of crime - people leaving - empty building, are the same people who predicted the people will not return to movie theaters and now the same people are predicting everyone will work from home. the pattern seems to be that one careless reporter makes these outlandish predictions, it grabs headlines and then a bunch of lazy reporters just pick it up and run with it, echo chambering and all.

[@brandonharris7516]

Wow

[@CarmenHernandez-cc6kz]

Is look gorgeous all that they work in world trade center look beautiful

[@lisaflw6]

I miss this Mayor

[@gees97]

I have these World Trade Center Blueprints from 1983 I found. I made a youtube shorts video and posted it on my profile. It would be nice to get rid of it. Just need the video shared so the right people notice it.

[@BFaluup]

I like how they cling to the pandemic as the cause for high crime and not the defund movement.

[@djoldsoulkid3407]

What the hell you mean final peace of WTC complex?!? WTC2 better be up when I’m go there

[@amadeus5889]

This interview bothers me in several ways. It uses the framing of 9/11 to open a discussion about urban development and getting people back to work in physical office spaces, which I find a bit insulting. Using the dead and the memory of them to talk up capitalism and gentrification. I’m really not interested in a news piece where a plutocrat like Bloomberg gets to peacock and strut like he isn’t part of the problem in New York. He and those like him are emblematic of the boom-bust cycle of major cities. If you’re going to talk about 9/11, talk about 9/11. Don’t spend most of the interview going far afield. I learned almost nothing about this “monument to the living,” and what I did learn seemed tacked onto the end. I watched the towers fall in real time when I was 12. It left an indelible mark on me. So it bothers me when I see fluff pieces like this that corporatize tragedy.

[@Hotrodchef89]

I disagree with him and I don't, and won't, work from home. I work in a public library and while my job does not allow me to work from home we have also seen a fair amount of people who do work from home come to the library for a change to pace. I do think there needs a balance. I am learned for my sanity that I can not work from home, I am lucky that I like the people that I work with and we work better as a team than alone. But again there should be options and as more people work from home, the traditional look of a city will have to be redefined. Times change Mr. Bloomburg and you have to change with them.

[@collan580]

I can work from home but most days I am going to the office. I like to go to the office, but I also like the freedom that I can work from my parent's house or when I catch a cold or I just waiting for a package to arrive. I can do the same thing at home and at the office, i am just as efficient and as I see my coworkers are the same way. Bloomberg just afraid of change and I assume that he dont even know what its like to work with a hybrid team.

[@thehipmusicologist]

I hate when ppl talk about what they “donated” or gave to “charity”- they get that back come tax season. Donations don’t impress me.

[@arznasun1]

Watch for the inspirational story about art rising from ashes, stay for the out of touch opinion from an 81 yr old about current remote working conditions. I just wasted 8 minutes.

[@bjm9071]

Bloomberg says his name is already on too many buildings. Come to Philadelphia and you will see Ron Perelman's name all over the place: The Perelman School of Medicine, Perelman Building (annex of the Philadelphia Museum of Art), the Perelman Theater (at the Kimmel Cultural Campus), the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, the Perelman Center for Jewish Life at Drexel University, etc . What an ego!

[@volcrazy89]

I thought this was going to be about the arts center, not a sit-down interview with a corporate-owned ghoul dinosaur spouting Wall Street Journal/NYT/Washington Post propaganda.

[@ThePandaPhotographer]

sorry but Bloomberg is right 4:33 , office work is important (make him mayor and kick out Adams)

[@lilricky5483]

Blue-collar jobs are very underappreciated tho

[@jonathanmatthew1263]

of course the billionaire doesn't mention housing...

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

why force workers to sit in traffic and congest roads, just so they can do a job in an office, they can do at home?

[@Theantichryst]

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[@jimijames9642]

5:00 !

[@scottkean8746]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸NEVER FORGET🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jimtors]

no thx. im not goin back to the office. im doing fine remotely. i dont need to find friends through work

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

It's nice to find out the .. multi billionaire dollars investments of a lucky guy like Bloomberg, that we could never ever have all the money in the world we want to make any difference at all, because these charity actions seems to work like black holes, eating money and worth nothing...maybe charity must have a very capitalistic turn instead, picking up projects that turn worthy later on. Even money have a soul, if it's involved in a living kind of investment, it's going on forever. If it's only buried and wasted... it's buried, lost and wasted.. such facts remind us, what should we do from now on instead, helping up wealthy tycoons give their multi billionaire donations a capitalistic turn in the future

[@APerson-ni1gb]

I think the fact that with these New Generic stupid buildings in the formers place shows the Vast Contrast of the design of the Originals just makes the Originals more interesting. Which is more Frustrating and Maddening why others don’t think/feel that way ?

[@kophee3027]

What memorial is set up for the people in the airplane that fought the hijackers? Saving countless more lives by crushing that plane! I see hardly anything honoring those heroes in that plane. Please explain this and please let us know if anything is being done for those Extraordinary heroes!

[@1525boy]

While Michael Bloomberg might have some positive, redeeming qualities, overall, he was a pretty destructive mayor who paved the way for the likes of Bill DeBlasio.

[@rasecas105]

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