Robert DeNiro is getting $38.9 million in tax-free September 11 Liberty Bonds to build a hotel for the affluent! [Chelsea H]
Take a terrifying look at a new vision of the Chelsea Hotel. [Gothamist]
Rolando discovers Vanderveer Park, a forgotten neighborhood in Brooklyn. [Urbanite]
The War of Bushwick rages on as the scourge of welfare beans and dusty carpets is slowly eradicated by gentrifiers both celebrated and reviled. [BushwickBk]
Greenpoint loses a "much-needed houseware store" for a totally unnecessary bank branch. [NYShitty]
As we embark on the final season of Yankee Stadium, a look back at the history of its team. [BBoys]
Todd gets a peek behind the scenes before the Stadium falls. [Hell'sK]
Taxpayers shell out $190 million to destroy the ballpark they love. [Queens Crap]
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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
The Avalon is the coldest and most soulless piece of crap in New York. Keep that crap in Dubai.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite line from the Post article on Expensive Place: "The suits at Avalon Bay are hailing the newly spruced area as 'a slice of the Left Bank' right here in Manhattan."
ReplyDeleteNot even sure where to start on this one. This is so laughbly wrong on every level. I dunno, I see the Left Bank, in part, as a celebration of the city's artistic past. This Avalon thing/place is a celebration of who has the most money...and how quickly we can bulldoze the past to make way for the wealth.
(And many thanks for the mention/link.)