Add ghost-signed Dapper Dan to the list of empty storefronts turning into temporary art galleries--the vacant shop is curated by Mighty Tanaka.
Williamsburg becomes squat city, with shooting galleries. [EVG]
More interview with the great and curmudgeonly Jim Knipfel. [WWIB]
There used to be a place in Brooklyn Heights called "Mammy's Pantry." [PMFA]
Why yuns love cupcakes--says one psych, it's about the "'We're all special' mentality...'we find more people saying, 'I want to have my cake—cake that is individualized, reflects the special person that I am, and is packaged for one—and eat it, too.'" [Voice]
Patsy's in East Harlem turns 76. [Gothamist]
Why'd this kid blow up Starbucks? Literature inspired him. Or maybe it was Brad Pitt. [Gothamist]
A look back at Meatpacking. [GVDP]
Get mugged in luxury at StuyTown. [STLL]
I love pictures of crazy sexy Latin cakes. [Blah]
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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
LOL These fucking wannabe bums. They are to fucking lazy to work. Jerk off rich kids.
ReplyDeleteTrying to be poor because it's trendy. Makes me sick. They are no different than hipsters!