No more Gwathmeys for NYC: The man who dropped the Green Monster in Astor Place is dead. [NYT]
On DBGB: "After dinner one recent evening, a well-heeled patron emerged onto the sidewalk with a golf club propped jauntily on his shoulder, while a chauffeur-driven S.U.V. idled at the curb. If you scrub the grit from the Bowery, after all, it’s just the East Side." [NYer]
Will Stealth Starbucks be a future plague on our city? They've already started in Seattle. And the un-branding of the Bigs begins... [Schott]
Cinema Nolita needs your funds to stay alive. Check it out. [BB]
Park Slope plywood graffiti: "Coming Soon: Affordable Housing for the Rich." [NYP]
The infamous Eldridge gets the old-school LES treatment--maybe some irked bibliophiles getting violent? [Curbed]
Aces & Eights not a "frat-hole," beer pong defended. [EVG]
Hollywood seeks hipster types for that authentic LES look. [BB]
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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
so the Starbucks rebranding is true. Wow! Thanks for the best wishes Jeremiah...
ReplyDeletecan you believe that stealthy move? very creepy, if you ask me. (glad you're back up and running...)
ReplyDeleteStealth Starbucks is a sign that most people are tired of feeling a lack of character and originality aroud them. People are sick of everything being the sames.
ReplyDeleteHowever, these are still corporate run places that will always lack character. The thing they just don't get...It's not about IMAGE, it's about the people who run the place, the uniqueness of it.