What was the greatest New York year ever? [NYM]
Rally to save 35 Cooper on Friday 1/28. [EVG]
Could the Carnegie Deli be closing? [Eater]
The rent at Ray's must be paid--go buy a beignet. [NSC]
Houston Wall appears in a Scorsese film of 1967. [BB]
Some Long Island people are paying $175,000 to replicate Carrie Bradshaw's closet in their home. Go ahead and weep. [Racked]
Gerritsen Beach blog brouhaha goes big news. [NYT]
Alex puts names to some of those hardcore kid faces. [FP]
Check out new--and old--music from the Slum Goddess. [SG]
Walking from Williamsburg to Bed-Stuy. [FNY]
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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
I wish the Times had put the Gerritsen Beach story on City Room first, so people could comment. It feels odd not to be able to read and write comments online when a story is about a blog
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with the Eater comments about the Carnegie Deli. Sometimes these places effectively vanish before they actually close. This is one of those cases.
ReplyDeleteYes, the Carnegie deli is a "landmark" that has served as nothing more than a tourist trap for many years, and the original spirit vacated long ago.
ReplyDeleteAs far as New York's best years, I'd say a tie between 47' and 78'.1978 is an interesting choice because I know more than a few natives who swear there was something special about 1979.
It seems impossible to name a greatest year for NYC, but I would have loved to have been around in 1824 when Lafayette made his superstar tour.
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