Residences for women--a flashback to the past still surviving in the city. [NYT]
"The Vanishing City," the documentary, screens tomorrow night. Check it out! [VC]
"Biggus Buckus," the imperial Bloomberg: "New Yorkers know...that we’re bought and paid for. We know that there is something unseemly, even humiliating, about submitting ourselves to be ruled by the richest man in town." [NYer]
Enjoy King Con Brooklyn, a fest for Brooklyn comic book artists and more. [McB]
More exhibitionistic bathing on tap. [EVG]
Dig this classic "Gowanus Canal Song." Even in 1898 the smell was "horrid." [PMFA]
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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
What is with the rumor abut Odessa closing???I hate rumors--I like Odessa.
ReplyDeleteI lived at the Parkside Evangeline - it was exactly like they talk about in the article, except since the Parkside was run by the Salvation Army, they didn't allow alcohol (which I smuggled in anyway).
ReplyDeleteI met two of my oldest NYC friends there, we're still friends. I can't believe it's a condo/hotel now.