A grim look at the future LES, where super-high rents are "buoyed by the arrival of high-profile newcomers like the men’s wear designer John Varvatos." As one luxury shop begets another... [Times]
Landmarks Preservation Committee says the Provincetown Playhouse isn't worth saving. [Curbed] ...And the new playhouse is revealed. [Curbed]
Here we go again--how many of us will be pushed to Philadelphia after the next round of rent hikes? [Gothamist]
"Park Slope has so much juice, just like Manhattan. It's got a lot of pizzazz and energy." And that means it's about to be put through the Darren Star machine. For all who believe the boroughs are safe from being SATC'd, here is the future. [Gothamist]
The saga of 49 E. Houston and Steve Stollman continues. [Voice]
Take a peek at our dear, old redbirds at the bottom of the sea. [City Room]
When you're super-rich and you run out of room, what's there to do except buy a passel of townhouses and stick 'em all together in one big mother of a McMansion? [Times]
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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
J, many have already been pushed to Philadelphia and far beyond. Thank God for the Internet and e-mail. The real estate crowd and the pols are destroying NYC as you so well know.
ReplyDeleteI can't I can't I can't...Curbed linked to your site. I was reading about Chelsea, my neighborhood. I am already in a state of constant heated anger about what has become of our city. I don't need to come here to add fuel to that anger. I don't need another blog validating what I know to be true about life in this hologram, otherwise known as advanced capitalism.
ReplyDeleteMost likely I'll return, even as I try to tell myself I won't. I definitely shouldn't return.
Me to play.
trust me, rx, you will return, again and again. for anyone who loves or has loved NYC, this is the most intelligent blog there is. J is the sole chronicler of the despairing destruction of a once vibrant city. you should be angered, enraged.
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel any better, the post about Darren Star producing a show set in Park Slope isn't true.
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