"SoHo on crack."

So, apparently the NY Times Arts staff gets their editorial ideas from the Real Estate desk. This weekend's "Chelsea Enters Its Baroque Period" is a longer entry on the same theme covered from a real estate angle earlier in the week. I wasn't around for the SoHo boom, but apparently dealer Christian Haye was. His early 90s turn of phrase "SoHo on crack" both describes Chelsea today and sums up the article.

This was an interesting article personally because I find it fascinating to see a trend in my own life described as a larger bit of the zeitgeist. I started making Chelsea expeditions with my wife a couple of years ago to hunt out the photography shows there - which led to this blog. I knew this - take a look around any given Saturday - but it seems this cheap form of urban entertainment has been catching on with a lot of other people, too. It's the paradoxical feeling of a crowd's affirmation of one's interest and the desire to horde a cool thing. Too big a crowd and cool goes cold.