Upper West Side Residents Complaing Fashion Week’s Diesel Generators Are Polluting The Air And Making Too Much Noise

Upper West Side Residents: Fashion Week Generators Pollute Air, Make Too Much Noise

February 17, 2011 9:07 AM

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tent complex is seen at Lincoln Center - New York, NY - Feb 10, 2011 - Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for IMG

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tent complex is seen at Lincoln Center – New York, NY – Feb 10, 2011 (credit: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for IMG)

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NEW YORK (WCBS 880) - While the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week may be fabulous for some, many people on the Upper West Side say it is making their lives miserable.

Amid the glitz and glamour is the smoke and stench of power generators.

WCBS 880′s Sean Adams reports from near Lincoln Center

The event used to be held in Bryant Park, which was in the middle of a largely commercial area, but now it is stationed at Lincoln Center, which is surrounded by a highly residential area.

The drone of the nine portable diesel generators, used to power Fashion Week’s lighting, heating and blow dryers, can be heard 24 hours a day.

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Residents across the street from Lincoln Center at the Amsterdam Houses say the air is thick with exhaust. “Last night, I feel like I’m even suffocating,” said one man.

Another person told WCBS 880 reporter Sean Adams, “I catch asthma attacks more often now since they’ve been here.”

Fashion Week organizers tell the New York Times that the generators meet all city standards.

City environmental officials say a low sulfur fuel is being used, but the generators don’t have particulate filters.

Residents lament they already live with trucks and buses. Fashion Week is just making the air worse.

If it’s any consolation, Fashion Week ends today.

Upper West Side Residents: Fashion Week Generators Pollute Air, Make Too Much Noise

Zeek the dog

Perhaps they could use the much touted solar power or wind mills to run the show? I bet ya that would work just fine!

Zeek the dog
slmkeyfatskey

I saw Obama himself bring the generators, then twist his mustache and say,”Moo-hoo-ha-ha-haaa!”
ed wood

Oh the suffering. Welfare queens and limousine liberals complaining about the fashion morons.
Is nothing sweeter. Put them all in a ring. I’d pay dearly to see the catfight.

Patrick

Take a ticket away from one of them, the ticket they need soooo bad so they can tell all there friends they were there and how important they are, you would really see a blood bath.

Spud

Right wing haters will now commence with their usual name calling and demonizing. Count the minutes until someone blames Obama.

Jack Kennedy

while you and obozo blame everything on President Bush

jim

just for the record, the housing behind lincoln center are projects – the rich people live on the other side of broadway.
Daniel

how expensive are earplugs?
smfic

nyc is a dirty, noisy cesspool to begin with. even in the UWS. quit your whining or move.

Chris

Wow – they have to put up with it for a WHOLE week? Gosh. What a sacrifice.

f’n whiners.

Patrick

Hey smfic, look it up, 48 million people visited NYC last year and spend $28 billion doing so, if we’re a cesspool I shudder to think what your place looks like.

mecrybaby liberal

awww poor poor rich people nobody cars about you close your window lots of hot gas spewing from NY save the planet

Joe Dereha

Amsterdam Houses are Welfare House….so you don’t know what your talking about,
NotSurprised

You’re obviously not from NYC; it’s not rich people at all in that area.

Why am I not shocked that someone named “mecrybaby liberal” is from the middle of exciting Kansas? Or maybe Alabama? Need a new pair of overalls mister-I-hate-the-better-off?

stop complaining

wait…you’ve been living in NYC and all of a sudden a few generators make you miserable? it’s a shame you waited until fashion week to come out of the box you live in.
Thomas_in_Newport

Why do they need the diesel generators? Can’t they get long extension cords? I am sure the power company can set up a temporary power source. Just run a line to a power block and come off it. It could be behind the tents with it’s own shelter. Not that hard. The whole thing could be done with 2 or 3 people (if they are not union, if union it would take 20). And why are they running 24 hr a day? Doesn’t this thing shut down at night? If they don’t like it they should petition to have them use NG generators next time. Quieter and no pollution.
KeepUSclean

I recommend hiring a GREEN company like BST Power! They offer SILENT BIODIESEL POWER which can be delivered anywhere in the U.S. check them out @ bstpwr.com
Fez

YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK! IF YOU WANT PEACE AND QUIET MOVE TO CONNECTICUT

Ms_Rand

Oh please, we don’t want them!
NY Bussle and Scams

we in connecticut have as much as senatorial power and elect people like the Dodd’s for decades. Our new one continues to lie about issues and timelines and no one pays any attention….we have a nice time up here. you get a lot of stuff. It’s much better than NYC

spock

Why are the Libs using generators, i thought they push the Fruadulant Global Warming
Roger Sunderlin

fashion week.give me a pair of shorts,flip flops,muscle tee shirt and a hawaiian shirt.now that is fashion
Nikki

First of all, they live in NYC. If they want clean air, move out to the countryside. Second of all, does this mean we can assume those complaining won’t ever be wearing a designer garment shown on the runways of NY Fashion Week? How do they expect the stores to carry on without fashion shows?
Truth Detective

I have to laugh. Why not just ban any fashion industry business in NYC. I’m sure NJ would love to have the jobs. What a bunch of whiners.
Duke of Earl

NYC West side=wussies
Neti

I live in the area. These mainly welfare and Social Security parasites at Amsterdam Houses here only want their welfare checks and rent subsidies, and have no interest in the welfare of the city’ economy which depends so much on the fashion industry. They can keep quiet for a week-and stop complaining while working people try to make a living .

Annie

People on Social Security have worked for that money – they are not parasites. That aside , Fashion Week is part of the city. There are bigger things to whine about.

NotSurprised

Why not go to the hood and knock on doors and ask people “when was the last time you worked?” Don’t be surprised when they have to think about it – that’s how long it’s been since they were honest. Most of them, did NOT work for it. Most of them LIVE off of SSI checks, fraud, significant others or family AND have children to keep the dough coming in. Lazy times lazy times lazy. That’s why this new generation values nothing – they are raised by crooks.
neti

wrong. I am referring to the parasites who collection SS disability payments who usually never paid a cent in taxes, and have phony disabilities.

Joe Frink

You live in the area but think the apartments around Lincoln Friggin Center are filled with “welfare and Social Security parasites”? You don’t pay attention very well

m

These fumes are awful! The generators have been running for 3 weeks straight. The city needs to come up with a better solution to protect residents from this unnecessary pollution.

Tax Payer

Cant Con Ed set up a temp power sub station?
Maybe the Lincon Center might think about an up grade in their power system for future events

pomoc

The real problem with the pollution is the leftist GAS coming from the area.
davec

Plumb the exhaust(s) below water line of the sewers (seriously) the water will trap most all the particles and dampen the noise.
davec

who si the FOX in th e photo on Drudge?? OH MY GOD I gotta get one of those!

Janelle

What the sam hill does the woman have on her head? She is very attractive, but has to feel like she is in a halloween costume.

Fanny Forbes Franklen

Funny that no one is doing anything about the millions of pounds of particulate from the collapse of the 3 building on 9/11, putting all kinds of toxins, poison and pollutants into the air.

911essentials dot com
loser liberal

yeah so what
Marty McFly

This has been Drudged!