Ghost condos: "the Lower East Side has the largest number of delinquent buildings, with 1,187 empty units owing $1,978,304 in back taxes." [Curbed]
The White House flop fights for its life. [Curbed]
Saying goodbye to the V and W trains. [FNY]
NYU admits, "We understand that we have over saturated that Third Avenue corridor." [EVG]
Coney's Henderson Building, former home of the World in Wax Musee and other good stuff, is getting gutted by Thor. [BStoner]
"NIMBY gadfly" is busting heads in the neighborhood formerly known as Little Italy. [Gothamist]
Enjoy some "dictionary-definition-level Capital-H Hipsterism and Cultural Snobbery, taken to an entirely new level." [VV]
Who doesn't love a good mansard roof? [SNY]
Short films and poetry about New York at the Bowery Poetry Club, May 16. [FB]
Celebrate 30 years of Sharon Florin's realistic New York paintings, May 23. [SJFNY]
See Clayton Patterson's portraits of drag queens from the Pyramid Club, June 3. [EM]
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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
DuaneGreen cracks me up every time.
ReplyDeleteJust thought you might find this interesting... NYPL interviews with people about why they come to the library:
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I love that roof article! - BN
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