Why the city we love is being lost (see above) -- and one woman's plan to save it. [Queens Crap]
It seems like everyone's talking about this vanishing city -- first Time Out and now the Municipal Art Society asks, "Is New York losing its soul?" Find out the answer (as if we have to ask) October 3. [MAS]
After a bit of back-and-forth, Mo Pitkin's decides to close up shop and sell the building, as of October 20. [Gothamist]
Sign the petition to save the Playpen. [Curbed]
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a.k.a. The Book of Lamentations:
a bitterly nostalgic look at a city in the process of going extinct
- Jeremiah Moss
- THE BOOK:
"We should all buy Jeremiah Moss’s book, Vanishing New York." --Sarah Jessica Parker
“Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and cheap pierogi.” --Vanity Fair
"a vigorous, righteously indignant book that would do Jane Jacobs proud." --Kirkus Reviews
THE BLOG:
"the go-to hub for those who lament New York's loss of character." --Crain's
"No one takes stock of New York's changes with the same mixture of snark, sorrow, poeticism, and lyric wit as Jeremiah Moss." --Village Voice, Best of NY
“Jeremiah Moss…is the defender of all the undistinguished hunks of masonry that lend the streets their rhythm.” --Justin Davidson, New York Magazine
"One of the most thorough and pugnacious chroniclers of New York’s blandification." --The Atlantic, Citylab
"Hyperbolic and combative, tireless and passionate." --Salon
Followed the link, checked out the "checkered" cab design.
ReplyDelete*sigh* No "kick" here.
When they talk about doing things for the sake of "nostalgia," it seems more like they are making fun of people who prefer old ways, rather than catering towards them... That cab redesign is nothing but a punchline.
I suppose the yunnie would call this new checkered design, "updated", meaning it is geared towards his tastes (he being postmodernism personified). The only thing they left out was the ".com" after "Taxi".
ReplyDeleteHow many millions do you think the city paid whichever ultrahip design firm came up with that monstrosity?