Check out Paul Lukas' Permanent Record, a "story about New York during the Depression" told through a treasure-trove of report cards. Do you recognize your grandmother? [UWB]
Extended: The Last New Yorker. And NYT takes a peek. [CR]
Now on DVD, Blank Generation: "a time capsule from pre-Disneynification New York City: sleazy, dirty and most importantly, real." [EVG]
The psychology of moving...and of staying put. [NYT]
Court upholds eminent domain for Atlantic Yards. [Curbed]
Ask a graffiti artist. [CR]
Ray struggles on. [NMNL]
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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
For most posters here, I'm guessing that great-grandmother more likely. The DOB on the report card is 1913.
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