Jake Mooney revisits the lost Mooney's Pub of Flatbush Ave and finds a new bar--with a decent mix of old and new. [NYT]
Buildings destabilized by fire to fall--a chunk of Chinatown gone. [BB]
Grieve talks to the director of the East Village History Project. [EVG]
New blog in town, Amusing the Zillion, visits Coney to find Thor's promises fallen through. [ATZ]
Attend the Save Coney meeting Tuesday at 7:00. Click for info.
Reminisce about the old Lower East Side at the Tenement Museum 5/27.
Hipsters now wearing "I'm a Fucking Hipster" sweatshirts. [NYS]
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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
Mr. Mooney is the best!!A kindhearted barkeep.
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