OT: RIP Mayor Koch

[B1GEast]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/nyregion/edward-i-koch-ex-mayor-of-new-york-dies.html?hp&_r=1&

Always liked the mayor

 

[rbny1]

I interacted with him, sort of, on two occasions. Years ago when he was a congressman, I was leaving a girlfriend's apartment in a slum building in Greenwich Village, and we passed on the stairs as I was going down and he was going up. He had heard complaints about living conditions in the building and was checking them out. I was impressed that a congressman would take time to do that - on a Sunday morning, no less.

Later, when he was mayor, I was walking along West Fourth Street and he was walking in the opposite direction on the other side of the street. He gave me his famous "How am I doing?" shout, and I responded with a thumbs up.

RIP, Mr. Mayor.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Upcoming Koch documentary film - Courant article

 

[epark88]

Dude was all New York: he almost single-handedly got the city's swag back after some rough times.

RIP...

 

[huskymedic]

One of my favorite ED Koch quotes was during a time when there was a huge debate about females firefighters coming into FDNY - “I don’t care what sex a Firefighter is as long as they can carry a 200 pound Mayor out of a burning building” - typical common sense Ed. RIP

 

[B1GEast]

“I don’t care what sex a Firefighter is as long as they can carry a 200 pound Mayor out of a burning building”

The key word there is carried, not have your head hitting the floor every 5 seconds, just saying.

 

[huskymedic]

The key word there is carried, not have your head hitting the floor every 5 seconds, just saying.

You lost me?