Yuppies are beginning to flee the city, because "anything would be easier than New York." [EVG]
Wall Streeters are now considered New York's "real estate pariahs" as co-ops and lenders reject them left and right. [NYT]
Meanwhile, Yippies hold on to their holdout hang-out on Bleecker. [CR]
New amenity: Beaver House offers "Beaver Butler" so you can watch girls pillow-fight each other in their underpants when you're not at home. [NYO]
Another take on Friday's Slacktivist protest and mixed feelings about Mr. Two Boots pizza. [NYO]
If you missed the Giglio celebration in Williamsburg, you can still catch a night dance on Thursday and another on Sunday. [GL] and [Feast Site]
Villager editorial takes on Ekonomakis and "temporary mansion" trend. [Villager]
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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
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