Rally tomorrow to save EV townhouses from the wrecking ball. [UNY]
Help convince Landmarks to save the last Federal rowhouse on the Bowery--and a man's home. [CFR]
Tonight: Join photographer Marlis Momber to discuss the changing Loisaida. [EVG]
A new Walker in the City recalls Old Helen the Greek and the Penny Man. [WIC]
Meet Jim Jarmusch at Anthology. [AFA]
Would you reveal your bedbug history to a new landlord? [Gothamist]
“Everyone’s getting sucked into the whole bedbug pandemonium,” Mrs. Silver said. [NYT]
"...the typical artist will still be unable to afford to move in. But the sudden re-awakening of the artist-in-residency requirement is making it hard for SoHo to keep up its real estate vibe." [NYT]
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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
Reading yesterday's Times, I would have bet the hizzy that you'd have linked to the Metro section piece on the conversion of the grand old movie houses into chain crapola. Just in case you missed it:
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argh! thanks, i hadn't seen that.
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