Take the Battle of the Boroughs (poster) poll. [Gothamist]
Last night's funeral for 35 Cooper Square. [BB] & [EVG]
The swizzle stick hunt continues. [MAD]
Skinheads recruiting in Greenpoint? [NYS]
Billy Leroy says, "No wonder the Bowery has become the flip-flop and Baby-stroller Mecca of the World." [EVG]
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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
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THE BLOG:
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"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
"artisanal" ice-cream. handmade? organic? what about the cows? any info? my quest for artisanal continues.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to open a big can of worms here,but a true skinhead is not racist.Most traditional skinheads listen to old ska,reggae,and soul,and I have skin friends and have met skins of all races,including Asian and African American.Sorry to get all serious on you!
ReplyDeleteVan Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream already has a brick and mortar store. It's off of Smith Street in Brooklyn (at Bergen). Manhattan plays catch up!
ReplyDeleteThey also have a brick-and-mortar on Manhattan Ave in Greenpoint, which I think was the first.
ReplyDeletethanks for the corrections--i'll change it to first Manhattan shop. i guess it's another example of artisanal Brooklyn moving into Manhattan, a sort of interesting reverse gentrification?
ReplyDeleteHere here 79rigid. I'm Jewish and Puerto Rican and my buddies and I were proud skins (not racists) back in the day. In fact racist skins didn't last very long in those days...
ReplyDeleteTake the skinheads bowling, take them bowling! Sorry. So obvious. Groan.
ReplyDeleteI think the skinhead thing is a mixed bag. I grew up in England, & knew plenty of skinheads (some black or asian) who were not racist at all. And skinheads brought a ton of amazing ska & soul music into the mainstream. There was, however, a sub-section of skinhead culture that was hardcore fascist & affiliated with the National Front, etc. The film This is England reflects some of that. Don't know how that plays out in the U.S. but I imagine there may be similarities?
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