Cute video alert: Freaky puppy with extra leg escapes life in the Coney Island freakshow--not the local Coney Sideshow, but the one that came from Hollywood. [Gothamist]
More on the Hollywood freakshow. [CR]
What's it like to party at the Coop? Jill gives the inside scoop. [EVG]
Mmm...the Clover Delicatessen. A place I worry about. [GVDP]
Just released: Lost & Found, New York stories from Mr. Beller's Neighborhood. [SMB]
Upcoming "Tenement Talks" include Colum McCann (7/29) and "Automats, Taxi Dances, & Vaudeville" (8/11). [Tenement]
100 disappearing things. [Wired]
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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
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