The people who brought you the smell of urban renewal, continue the trend with the odor of "Nouveau Bowery." Smells like: "The sweet scent of skid row transitioning to ultra-modernity." That is really, truly the actual ad copy. [BB]
Tonight only: "Songs from Bedbugs!" a science fiction, thriller, comedy rock-musical, at the Beechman Theater. Sample lyrics: "We'll bite your neck and bite your fanny, hide in every nook and cranny." [WSJ] & [McS]
Check out New York City Grid, a photo log of the city block by block. [HuffPo]
Tonight at Niagara, the Club 57 Art Show. [Stupefaction]
DOT gives bicyclists a lesson in how to use bike lanes. [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
That NYC grid site is pretty cool.
ReplyDeletedang, but I like that cake, so cute.
ReplyDeletei'm too fat for cupcakes - how about a steamed kale store?
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