A Brooklyn politician wants to put through a bill to "punish real estate brokers who promoted property with an unofficial, made-up name." No more SoBro, SoHa, etc.! [CR]
April 25 at Film Forum: See the Vanishing City & Twilight Becomes Night--two for the price of one! [GVSHP]
Dirty Laundry Readings--hear stories read in a laundromat on Avenue B. [NYDN]
NYPD cracking down on nightlife on the LES--at last. [Eater]
The roof at 35 Cooper Square looks like shit. [EVG]
Coney Island murals try covering up devastation with whimsy. [ATZ]
Visiting the Village Papaya Dog. [MAD]
Carroll Gardens: "A Mafia foundation with a Yuppie overlay." [LC]
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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
Thanks for the link, Jeremiah.
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