Tonight: Brooklyn Documentary Night at Freddy's Bar...go before it's gone. [FIB]
Chelsea Hotel residents winning so far in battle against bars. [Eater]
Breast-milk cheese mom defends herself. Murray's reviews her flavor: "It was slippery, slightly crunchy and tasted like pickles...thumbs down." [NYP]
Avenue C in 1984. [EVG]
West 19th in 1997. [FP]
The "Vote for Burns" people attack the New Museum and "the platinum coast of downtown Manhattan, formerly known as the Bowery." [LM] & [HyperA]
Check out the pics from Ray's benefit. [SG]
A happy, post-benefit Ray opens shop for the day. [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
A neighbor once told me that the Magickal Childe location was briefly a gay bar locale. He said this was in the mid-60's when the mayor, Wagner?, was big on closing up gay bars, y'know to make the city safe for tourists. Any truth to this?
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