Cemusa, that European machine that turns out clones of "street furniture," just can't figure out how to spell anything in New York City. [BB]
A bit about the history of the R&L Restaurant--which came before and after Florent. [Eater]
Pub crawlers take over EV, go to Zum Schneider and "talk like a nazi." [EVG]
Closed by the DOH: Song 7.2, with all the creepy pictures outside (a tongue made of strawberries my favorite worst). [CR]
Loving the Orange Hut in Woodside, Queens. [LC]
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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:
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"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
Since the 60s or maybe even earlier, there was a newspaper/magazine store on the corner of northeast corner of 11th Street and 6th Avenue. You entered on a diagnonal at the corner. It was called "Niko's." It was very narrow and had a real old feel inside with a lopsided wooden floor. It also carried all the literary journals. I passed today and now it is "Nicky's." I entered from a new door at the front. I saw they had some of the leftover literary magazines in the back, but somewhow I feel when they are sold, no new ones will be ordered. it has become a generic store.
ReplyDeleteYes-I remember the old news and magazine store too-it was a great one and there for many years--
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