Brooklyn tells Manhattan, "now we're fighting" in response to the most recent note. [BB] via [RS]
Bed Bug Man in a blood-filled costume--coming to the city! [Gothamist]
"Greenpoint residents who moved into a glitzy building across the street from a long established, 83 year-old poultry slaughterhouse are whining to the press." [Eater]
"Brooklyn is harsh, unforgiving country. Why did we ever leave New York?" Gary Shteyngart stars with Paul Giamatti in a book trailer. [NYM]
Rally to mourn the loss of 35 Cooper Square. [EVG]
Word on the street: Hotelier is buying the Max Fish building and possibly extending their lease. [BB]
Will Japanese lenticular sidewalks make people stay to the right, or just make them nauseated? [C77]
More on the Chillmaster's dance party--from Bob. [NMNL]
The book jackets from the walls of Elaine's. [NYM]
Sam Lipsyte gets a deal with HBO. So did Gary Shteyngart. The success of "Bored to Death" is sending HBO to New York literary authors' doorsteps. [HR]
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
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
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments will no longer be published. Too much spam, not enough time. Thank you.
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.