Art from the Chelsea Hotel is mysteriously vanishing at a rapid clip. Where is it going? [LWL]
Can Mars Bar rise from the dead? [EVG]
Pop-up bookstore opens in Chelsea today with lots of art books. [LM]
Another Saturday night with the rats of Tompkins Square Park. [NMNL]
Village has a "rogue pisser." [Gothamist]
A night of dining at Sylvia's in Harlem. [MAD]
Three ways to cool off old-school style. [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
It would be great if Penza could pull that off, though of course it won't be the same, and 2011 is very different from 1984.
ReplyDeleteAnd the new location almost has to be farther east. The concept simply won't work anymore west of 2nd Avenue (or really west of Avenue A). That area of town is going to be NYU-land for a very long time.
Last Wednesday up in the Bronx we saw some guys open up a fire plug. Hadn't seen that in a while. Classic NYC heatwave relief.
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