Enjoy 1966's Unexpurgated New York, the guide to "How to identify a plain-clothes cop. Where to 'peep' and where to go if you want to be 'peeped' at. Which public phones are tapped. Where to buy an eye-patch after midnight." If memory serves, you can find it at the Jefferson Market Library. [VS]
A plain little building turns "Faux-Arts" with Ralph Lauren. [SC]
Happy 55th to the Village Voice. [RS]
NYPD steps up protection of EV awash in "wildings." [EVG]
"Clean" graffiti goes virtual with an app. [BB]
Rezoning Harlem screens tonight at Maysles Cinema. [RH]
David Freeland and others talk about leisure in NYC tonight. [CUNY]
Popular restaurateurs banding together to take down community board "kangaroo courts" standing in the way of their liquor licenses. [Eater]
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
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
Hi
ReplyDeleteI am a big fan of your blog from Scotland. I am over again visiting NYC and was wondering if you can recommend anywhere I should check out before it is too late? I was last over 4 years ago i can see many changes. Or if we could meet for a drink.....
Thank you for you blog and again I would love you to write a book. Many thanks Viktoria