More Signs of the Yunnipocalypse:
-Condo buyers abandon ship
-Restaurants kiss ass
-Landlords cry cataclysm!
-Bloomberg creates welfare program for Wall St's unfortunates
-"Madison Avenue...pockmarked with vacancies as retailers flee."
Chelsea Hotel residents prove there's still some crazy spirit left in this town. [NYO]
Memorial for Peeler Man this Saturday. [Gothamist]
The Holland Bar is open, after shuttering some months ago. [Grub]
In more sad diner news, the Miss Williamsburg after the fire. [Brownstoner]
Updike on New York: Uninhabitable. [NYT]
Is the city being attacked by UFOs, groundhogs, and Mrs. Butterworth? [Gothamist]
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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
What is it about New York City that attracts all of the hipsters?
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about New York City that makes the hipsters feel that this is the place they need to be?
Why cant they just rep the 1970s and the 1980s back in the midwestern cities they were bron and raised in?
“We have to make absolutely sure that New York continues to draw and hold the world’s best and most ambitious strivers so we will continue to be the bastion of innovation,” Bloomberg said.
ReplyDeleteDoes he not realize that striver is most definitely a term of opprobrium?
Another sign of Yunniepocalypse:
ReplyDeleteTelevision production stalls out in NYC
Hipsters ??!! What makes some hillbillie from the midwest hip ? These kids try way too hard to be "New Yorkers" that they just end up looking like idiots.
ReplyDeleteMy advice to the hipsters: Give up and go home.