Ray's Candy just shuttered by DOH. [EVG]
Looking at the vanished Second Ave. mansions of yesteryear--and what has replaced them in the EV today. [GVSHP]
Cruising lower Second Ave. with Forgotten NY. [FNY]
Hotel Chelsea buyer revealed--and it's not going condo. [Curbed]
Has Union Square become a lawless "methadone alley"? [RS]
Chilling with the Chillmaster of E. 3rd St. [MAD] & [OMFS]
"Murray Handwerker, who transformed his father’s Brooklyn hot dog business, Nathan’s Famous, into a celebrated national fast-food chain, died Saturday at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 89." [NYT]
Another meatpacker leaves the Meatpacking District--after more than half a century. [WSJ]
No spitting! [ENY]
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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
"cruising lower second" is one of the best links i have seen. what will happen to the old facades, trims etc? will they be thrown away?
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