But sunbathers glistening with baby oil were once a ubiquitous summer sight on the city’s tar beaches. Tar beaches? That was the nickname New Yorkers gave the tarry black tenement or apartment house rooftop. The roof sunbathers of New York’s tar beaches : Laying out to work on your tan just isn’t fashionable anymore. Untapped Staff Reads: Shaare Zedeks Synagogue Goes Condo, NYC’s First Modernist Residence | Untapped Cities Says:.
Yes, thanks! You are right about lie vs lay, but I was using the term that was popular when I was growing up: teenage girls would “lay out” with their friends to get tan. Copy should read: Lying out(side) to work on your tan….
Lay is transitive: One lays a book on a table. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.ġ6 Responses to “The roof sunbathers of New York’s tar beaches” You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. This entry was posted on Jat 6:11 am and is filed under Beekman/Turtle Bay, Brooklyn, Hell's Kitchen, Music, art, theater. Tags: Concrete Beach, New York Tenement Roof, rooftop sunbathing New York City, Summer in NYC, sunbathing roof deck New York City, Tar Beach This has been noted by those who have a bird’s-eye access to the city: helicopter pilots, water tank repairmen and occupants of tall buildings in otherwise low-lying neighborhoods,” concluded the Times.
“This time-honored summer escape is a diminished, perhaps even dying habit. Maybe roofs are barred because landlords don’t want to be liable for an accident, or perhaps New Yorkers have more cash these days to enjoy the sun on vacation out of the city. It’s a summer day pastime with fewer and fewer fans. “Roofs have long been the urbanites’ slightly hotter, slightly gooier answer to the backyard pools and lawns of the suburbs-like private little plots without bothersome trees to throw shade.” “As long as there have been sun worshipers in search of the perfect tan in the city, there has been the tar beach,” stated a New York Times article from 2007, mourning the passing of rooftop sunbathing as a popular alternative to a day at the shore. But in an era before smartphone cameras and social media, it hardly mattered if curious neighbors stared. Of course anyone living above you could see you. Up on a usually empty roof, there was the illusion of privacy. Tenants would drag up a chair or blanket, maybe a book, radio or Walkman, and a cold drink, then pick a spot in the sun and happily bake themselves while taking a break from the crowds and noise many stories below. Tar beaches? That was the nickname New Yorkers gave the tarry black tenement or apartment house rooftop. But sunbathers glistening with baby oil were once a ubiquitous summer sight on the city’s tar beaches. Lying out to work on your tan just isn’t fashionable anymore.
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