As Brooks Brothers' Black Fleece debuts on Bleecker, let's not forget what used to be there--Mr. Nusraty's Afghan Imports, pushed out after 30 years by a rent hike to the tune of $45,000.
Stylistas have become Recessionistas--anyway, they're paper-bagging it at Vanity Fair.
Roy wraps up the recession's brighter side for NYC... [RS]
...including this must-read article in the Atlantic by Richard Florida, who says, "the financial crisis may ultimately help New York by reenergizing its creative economy. The extraordinary income gains of investment bankers, traders, and hedge-fund managers over the past two decades skewed the city’s economy in some unhealthy ways."
Anthony Bourdain visits our "Disappearing Manhattan." [EVG]
And our cuddliest Slacktivist, John Penley, disappears from Manhattan. [EVG]
Is a real-estate grab behind the possible demise of Central Park's carriage horses? [MGross]
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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 eaten at the Conde Nast dining room and there is no reason to brown bag it when you have that good, affordable food right there on the 4th(?) floor.
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