Check out the documentary on the defunct Chinatown Fair. [BB]
Mars Bar demolition has begun. [EVG]
Google's NYC headquarters are styled in the exquisite corpse of dead New York. [AMNY]
A new take on the urban bookmobile. [Curbed]
Uniqlo-sponsored High Line skating rink moves in where 10th Ave Tire Shop used to do business. [Racked]
Fran Lebowitz: "Real estate is all people in New York think about. Except now, we also think about bedbugs. So here we have this combination of really expensive real estate—with bedbugs! That didn’t even exist. I never even heard of it. It was like something from the 19th century. Who could have predicted the return of bedbugs? So, perhaps, there will be a return of movie theaters like the Elgin."
A look at New York's superhero history. [BBs]
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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
Wow, great article by Marty.
ReplyDeleteDouchebaggery abounds.
Huh, even the frigging bartender is
hynotized by his little digital toy.
They're like little babies fascinated by blinking lights.
Fran Lebowitz needs a blog of her own... does she have one? If not please let her guest here. Her comments are insightful and sprinkled with a little of the old NYC sarcasm that I love.
ReplyDeleteWell, I saw Brand X at the Elgin in 1970. I think it would be a prefect place for bedbugs.
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