The Banana Republic that is taking its place has a message for us: "Good things are worth the wait."
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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
32 years ago, I had my first job at 111 5th Avenue. How wonderful the neighborhood was back then with B&N and Shackmans and the Coffee Shop that actually was a coffee shop with the BEST rench fries. I had escaped suburbia. Now that neighborhood resembles the mall in the suburbs from which I escaped.
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ReplyDeleteI happened to stumble onto the ghastly scene in January of this year - a most depressing interval. I did have my camera and captured some of the undoing. Unthinkable, really, and yet here we are.
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The last book I purchased there was the Titanic tale, "A Night To Remember." How appropriate a title.
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