A reader sent in this link to the work of Jon Hammer, painter of "groovy old joints," the vanishing pubs and bars of the city. Check it out. [JH]
MTA finds new way to torture us with advertising. [Gothamist]
The freebie L Magazine offers an article on old technology still alive in the city. [LM]
BaHa gets cheesy at Little Italy's Alleva. [SE]
One of my favorite novels, Revolutionary Road, is soon to hit the big screen. That always makes me nervous. The Observer reports: Mendes didn't "fuck up." [NYO]
Is the entire East Village for sale? [EVG]
LES fenced in by cartoon character advertisements. [BBoogie]
El Diario replaced by el Wino. [GVDP]
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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
Revolutionary Road is one of my favorite novels of all time, too. I am really hoping that they do at least partial justice to it (but am pretty worried all the same).
ReplyDeleteRevolutionary Road is one of the greatest modern novels ever written. You can already tell they fucked-up the film version by casting DiCaprio in the lead role. Terrible.
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