Shuttered icon Vesuvio will at least remain a bakery--but will the angry neighbor be happy about continued food smells? [Eater]
John Strong packs up his freakshow and leaves Coney. [ATZ]
Mosaic Man attacked by drunken middle-aged men on Tompkins Square Park. [NMNL]
On the scene of an EV murder. [EVG]
Fat-unfriendly review of JC Penney draws ire from the Times. [NYT]
How to beat Bloomberg. [RS]
Keep time with the clocks of Yorkville. [FNY]
Native name for Manhattan--and favorite of Walt Whitman--appears on subway sign. [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
The attack on the Mosaic Man is appalling. Of course, the whole thing started when one of the morons started peeing on the sidewalk. And every weekend it seems as if more and more of these meatheads show up in the EV...
ReplyDeleteI don't know, the crack head scumbags from the early 90's peeing on the sidewalks, and the 2009 frat house 'bags doing it, pretty much the same crap to me minus the vials of crack and used heroin needles.
ReplyDeleteUrine smells like urine.