I know the feeling..."Scenes from the Post-Print Apocalypse." [NYT]
The "Hell, No" show pokes the New Museum: "a gleaming confection with the retail allure of a shiny stack of hat boxes." [NYS]
"The Bowery becomes a nexus of shattered dreams" in Dirty Old Town, starring Billy Leroy.
Bill Cunningham says goodbye to decades of the wonderful, bohemian life above Carnegie Hall. [via Stupefaction]
Turning an Eames chair into a seat of vanishing NYC storefronts. [JKMP]
Staring into the Q-train yellow face of the Second Avenue Subway cutter. [IL]
"Dear Tweety Tweets," move over! [EVG]
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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
I'm concerned what this NYU Bookstore will mean for Shakespeare & Co. just down the road
ReplyDeleteI loved Unique Clothing Warehouse!!!Nice memory..got my Annie Hall clothes there-
ReplyDeleteEveryone, but everyone wore those Picasso sailor tops of theirs back then.
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