As we saw foreshadowed back in September, the depressed economy has lead to increased erectile dysfunction among New York's former masters of the universe. Now their partners are masturbators of the universe, as sales of dildos and vibrators rise instead. [NYP]
HunterG says goodbye to Christina at the shuttered Five Rose's pizza. [HunterG]
Grieve spends Thanksgiving at the Aqueduct raceway before it's turned into a glittering "racino." [EVG]
Reverend Billy hosted a day without consumerism in Union Square. [RS]
Visit the 1975 gay parade and the Limelight of yesteryear. [Marjorie]
Enjoy Ray Mortensen's early 1980s photos of the South Bronx. [NYT]
Bloomberg continues to live the good life while the city crumbles--scores luxury box at new Yankee Stadium. [Gothamist]
Meanwhile, the East Village slips back into 1970s-style grit, with beer-bottle stabbings and crusty violence. [NMNL]
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a bitterly nostalgic look at a city in the process of going extinct
- Jeremiah Moss
- THE BOOK:
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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
What a bizarre bizarre bizarre bizarre bizarre 4 day weekend.
ReplyDeleteA GIANTS football player accidently shoots himself.
A WAL-MART employee in Long Island is run over and killed by a mob of 2,000+ plus shoppers.
^ Could this possibly have something to do with the recent economic downturn?