The Pioneer Theater sadly shuttered this weekend. [Reeler]
A candidate to help neighborhoods fight the proliferation of "night life"? And his name is Squadron. [D. Squadron] via Eater
Threatened 9th Ave shopkeepers and advocates meet again to support small businesses. [CNow]
Take a look back at the city's forgotten clocks. [AMNY]
This morning "scores of witnesses crowded the ornate Blue Room at City Hall to testify against" and denounce Bloomberg and the extension of term limits... And a guy from the Rent Is Too Damn High movement turned his back on the mayor, who "looked on with an expression of mild amusement, a slight smile on his face." [CR]
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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
I've been boycotting Circuit City for years so I can't say I'm sad to see them go. Customer service DOES matter, and they had none, as a policy, not referring to individual workers.
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