Amazing film footage and interviews of old Times Square smutmeisters. [Stupefaction]
Pieces of Colonnade Row turn up in a monastery's parking lot. [NYT]
LES gentrification warning from 1977. [P&W]
More craziness from real estate people--take off your shoes if you want to buy. [NYT]
...apparently, a large number of New Yorkers make their guests remove their shoes. [CR]
Checking in on Urban Outfitters' fake mom-and-pop facade on the UWS. [Racked]
What if Ray's became a tiki bar? [EVG]
Beatrice Inn signs get stolen. [Eater]
What happens when you try to hug a banker. [RS]
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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
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