A commenter writes about Fedora: "Passed by this morning and there was a CB2 Notice of Public Hearing taped to the front door, regarding 'Little Wisco, LLC''s application for a liquor license. FWIW, the hearing's tonight at NYU's Silver Bldg." Indeed, this address is up for a new liquor license. This is very bad. See Grub Street for the heart-sickening news.
Take a walk through the artificial landscape of NYC with a photo-cartoon of Douglas Rushkoff by Seth Kushner. [Activate]
"let us older New Yorkers fondly remember a time when St. Mark's Place wasn't a benign tourist stop." [CR]
Faux-Irish Lilly Coogan's will be taken over by the International Bar's owners. Will they bring it back to the days of the Homestead, aka Bucket O'Blood? [EVG]
Remembering the blackout of '77. [CR]
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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
It's true, Fedora's is closing, she told me Sunday night. She has health issues and can't keep it going. The last night is July 25th, go and enjoy it while you can.
ReplyDeleteRelatively speaking SMP was always a tourist stop.
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