Hideous Jumbotron hotel promises to spawn more like itself on the Bowery, aka "epicenter of cool." [EVG]
See Schmatta, a history of the Garment District at IFC 1/25. [IFC]
Zenith, a Brooklyn "Blade Runner," plays at KGB. [LM]
New Coney investor to bring healthy Luna Park Café to boardwalk and pay "tribute to the long history of Coney Island with memorabilia and tributes from local residents and visitors from around the world." So...they tear down the real thing and put up a fake. [ATZ]
Billy Leroy can't sell real subway signs, but this guy can make and sell replicas. [NYT]
A glimpse back at Dave's Luncheonette on Canal. [D40]
On the Bowery: "Free Stuff, No Bedbugs!" [BR]
"Gene-morphing bedbugs now virtually indestructible." [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
Dave's Luncheonette. I must say--that corner is not the same. Egg creams-breakfast..cool place.
ReplyDeletehorrible news about coney, and it just keeps coming. sodexho food is overpriced, disgusting, unhealthy, chemically-laden CR@P and they want nothing more than to maximize profits for their shareholders at the expense of their customers (or should i say their VICTIMS). this is probably one of the worst vendors in the world. a shame and an insult to all of coney island. i am sick to my stomach reading this. BALANCED MEALS my @$$!!! i hope they fail, and fail miserably. how could the city let this happen with a corporation that has screwed them PERSONALLY, and quite substantially! it is so corrupt what goes on between the developers and the administration. shocking. shameless. APPALLING. and Wrong.
ReplyDeleteYou know, Houston and Bowery is starting to look more and more like Times Square. Soon Disney will open a theatre and boot out the last remaining off broadway one's and the takeover will be complete. Way to go guys! Score another one for the team.....jerk offs.
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