tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post1947285845704000348..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Master List: 2001 - 2013Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-17528921826528775032017-07-27T08:57:39.471-04:002017-07-27T08:57:39.471-04:00It was Paul's Lounge on 3rd and 10th.It was Paul's Lounge on 3rd and 10th.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895250361054017093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56004622645742014572016-02-24T00:49:55.019-05:002016-02-24T00:49:55.019-05:00Mysterious Bookshop shop owner Otto Penzler sold h...Mysterious Bookshop shop owner Otto Penzler sold his 56th building and moved to to 58 Warren Street in trendy Tribecca.Blondblueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276916263999812447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-8325998118362888742016-02-24T00:47:06.184-05:002016-02-24T00:47:06.184-05:00Reality check: Prime Burger closed by owners who a...Reality check: Prime Burger closed by owners who also owned the building and wanted to sit back and collect a healthy rent (although still empty as of Feb 2016!). Same for Madison Avenue bookshop except building given by founder to manager who also realized windfall of living off rents than peddling hardcover books!!Blondblueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276916263999812447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-52628353238641386062015-08-01T17:01:49.941-04:002015-08-01T17:01:49.941-04:00KItchen Market and the Bright Food Shop in Chelsea...KItchen Market and the Bright Food Shop in Chelsea 1984-2007<br />The BEST traditional Mexican burritos, soft tacos, handmade chips, salsas, guacamole... guinness stout gingerbread and oh so much more when they opened the Bright.<br /><br />Jeremiah... since when does a mom and pop shop = gentrification? <br />We struggled to get it open and keep it open for years and when Dona and Stuart renovated the Bright Food Shop it was always with close attention to maintaining the history and as much of the original fixtures as possible. <br /><br />These stores restored this hoods bodies and spirits in every sense of the word for more than 20 years. Regulars cried when it closed. CRIEDaefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11909537497776844151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-53688465844448770922015-03-18T15:03:25.652-04:002015-03-18T15:03:25.652-04:00Step-by-Step Hardware, 25+ years, rent increase
R...Step-by-Step Hardware, 25+ years, rent increase<br /><br />Roman Barber, 70+ years, rent increase<br /><br />Betty's Beauty Salon, rent increase<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-25408197379235921432014-12-22T13:51:44.430-05:002014-12-22T13:51:44.430-05:00These pages duplicate what has occurred all across...These pages duplicate what has occurred all across the US and world:<br /><br />Look I am very irritated with most people viewing the obvious and not recognizing it, as these photos and stories reflect the lives and deaths of a people, a city, a culture, a nation (USA), and a society (capitalism) because all these outward things that represented capitalism, the diverse American society representing workers farmers and small business which built that country, replaced by the bottom line none can afford as they are squeezed out, the immigrants who built that culture: <br /><br />FOR CAPITALISM IS NOT A SOCIAL SYSTEM A CULTURE A SOCIETY ALL IT IS< IS THE PROCESS OF MAKING MONEY NOTHING ELSE IT SELLS DRUGS, GUNS, WAR, DEATH, LIES, IGNORANCE, DECEPTION ETC IT IS EMPTY AND BRAINLESS KILL IT BEFORE IT KILLS YOU.Andrew Stergiouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334023745160416207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-85145331594997681062014-07-09T10:40:17.816-04:002014-07-09T10:40:17.816-04:00During the mid seventies Julio was the delivery bo...During the mid seventies Julio was the delivery boy at Pizza Box. He learned to make pizza from the owner, Emilio. Years later Emilio retired and Julio bought him out. Julio ran Pizza Box until 2010. All the standing became a problem for his legs. Julio returned to his native country and his nephew took over the shop for two years. It has become a Spanish sandwich specialty shop. The big backyard is now canopy covered. It still retains a certain charm. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-28286837644092170802014-06-11T18:24:23.375-04:002014-06-11T18:24:23.375-04:00McBells & O'Henry's on 6th Avenue betw...McBells & O'Henry's on 6th Avenue between 4th & Washington Place both closed sometime in the late 90's. McBells had GREAT food.<br /><br />Joes Lounge on 3rd at 10th, a really great bar. The Dugout on 3rd at 13th.<br /><br />Subteranean Records on Cornelia st. Bleecker St. records on , well, guess...<br /><br />Essentially every record shop in the Village(s) more or less...<br /><br />Rock Clubs? Don't get me started...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-78668033517879061842014-03-28T17:40:44.922-04:002014-03-28T17:40:44.922-04:00OMG! Does anyone really know how many places have ...OMG! Does anyone really know how many places have disappeared? This used to be a quaint town! Very different attitude now! Now it's just full of idiots! I've only lived here 42 years plus years of visiting the Macy's butcher shop in the basement and the floor that had tons of fabric, with my Mother. I read this and feel depressed. NYC will never be as it once was-that's too late. It's soul has been sold to you-know-who. I find myself actually saying out loud, not into a cell phone, that I miss the pimps and hookers-I grew up in Hell's Kitchen yet they never bothered me and I walked a dog at night. Even my daughter misses the places I took her in the 90's that are all gone now. NYC has become "vacant". It's a shame but I guess that's what you get when there's a money bag where a heart used to be and everyone here is wafting on the scent...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-80362415365511615952014-03-25T01:22:24.651-04:002014-03-25T01:22:24.651-04:00I didn't see any mention of Balducci's on ...I didn't see any mention of Balducci's on 6th Avenue, which closed in 2003 and reopened in midtown but then moved to Greenwich, CT in 2009. Also, the Ideal Restaurant on 3rd Avenue in Yorkville, although it closed in 1997. I too mourn the loss of the diamond district - How about also the loss of the garment district? What made the city an interesting place with a special character found nowhere else in the world is going away.<br /><br />I think Brendan said it all. I am just so happy to find people who get it. What is being talked about on this page is not just an "evolution" due to changing times. The rate of change has been unprecedented during and since Bloomberg and can't just be attributed to the normal ebb and flow that the city normally goes through. This is unprecendented in my lifetime and I am 56 years old - Old enough to remember. Jeremiah, I am very glad to have found your blog, but also very sad. I'm sure you'll understand.Renée M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-80885953244713213082014-03-09T03:57:36.080-04:002014-03-09T03:57:36.080-04:00Big Nick's?? Rent increase of $18,000.00 per m...Big Nick's?? Rent increase of $18,000.00 per month???? Big Nick's was the bomb. What's the name of the creep landlord who did that? How to kill yourself, New York. I hope De Blasio and his staff wear bullet proof vests and do something to reverse this greed.<br />Jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17323669421536561340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-28766788713515290842014-01-16T19:45:03.105-05:002014-01-16T19:45:03.105-05:00You're correct, after the canton in Switzerlan...You're correct, after the canton in Switzerland Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454914283144877029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56686454193149104722014-01-16T11:26:39.672-05:002014-01-16T11:26:39.672-05:00It's not part of the evolution. It was forced ...It's not part of the evolution. It was forced by rising rents and costs of living in NY. When my monthly costs (no mortgage) for a small apartment went up to $2.50 a square foot I left.<br />You don't understand vitality if you think NY is a vital city now. NY changed remarkably since 9/11. We bore the costs--all of them. Our aid came 3 years later as Wyoming needed it more--sure--all those speparated microwave towers <br /><br />To this list should be added all the people who left not willingly but because our quality of life suffered so much. Before Anonymous says I'm a poor disgruntled ex-New Yorker, I'm far from poor--just chose to use my grad education to work in social services so I could "help" people. NY no longer has the business Anonymous mentions as they're no longer viable. We, the people, are. <br />If you're going to make a comment like that use your name. You should be proud of working in an industry that pays much and enables you to take advantage of everything NY offerspiahttp://courtingdestiny.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-46681636187955271412014-01-16T09:48:47.153-05:002014-01-16T09:48:47.153-05:00omg, yes! when I first moved to the LES, my roomie...omg, yes! when I first moved to the LES, my roomie took me there. He whispered "that's Quentin Crisp over there" and sure enough there he was! I was thrilled! I ate there 3 or 4 times a week for years after that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-71155443988834157492014-01-16T06:53:43.733-05:002014-01-16T06:53:43.733-05:00Seen through nostalgic eyes, sure, the transformat...Seen through nostalgic eyes, sure, the transformation of ones personal landscape is cause for sadness, but this is hardly new and disingenuous to attribute so pejoratively to one administration. There is reason we no longer have blacksmiths in New York, typewriter repair shops, or dirt streets for that matter. It is part of the evolution of the city. While sad, change is constant and necessary and defines the very nature of vitality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-22778958754383008412014-01-15T23:14:45.756-05:002014-01-15T23:14:45.756-05:00Just noticed today that Grey's Papaya on 8th S...Just noticed today that Grey's Papaya on 8th St. @ 6th Avenue is gone gone gone. I had a hot dog there about 2 weeks ago. They were the best hot dogs in the world, really!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56170464970419827892014-01-15T23:12:02.957-05:002014-01-15T23:12:02.957-05:00I remember it as the Grand Ticino, pronounced in t...I remember it as the Grand Ticino, pronounced in the Italian manner with the "c" sounded as "ch". I could be wrong.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-57247517399527907512014-01-15T22:50:13.046-05:002014-01-15T22:50:13.046-05:00Missing Chinatown Fair:
http://www.nytimes.com/201...Missing Chinatown Fair:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/nyregion/13critic.htmlXabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050599196873008730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-41194928949729315902014-01-15T22:02:00.936-05:002014-01-15T22:02:00.936-05:007A at 7 and A is done for at the end of this month...7A at 7 and A is done for at the end of this monthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-12049523758960038682014-01-10T18:41:14.748-05:002014-01-10T18:41:14.748-05:00anyone remember Vegcity, that used to be on 14th s...anyone remember Vegcity, that used to be on 14th street at 6th avenue? A great 24 veg/vegan diner. NYC used to be the city that never sleeps, where did all the all-night joints go?<br /><br /><br />Big Cup on 8th avenue, also gone. a colorful, fun, social place that defined Chelsea. Now Chelsea sucks.<br /><br />~Tommy M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-64154226423477131512014-01-07T21:40:43.336-05:002014-01-07T21:40:43.336-05:00Donnell Library...Donnell Library...Steven Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605177232071070034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-79078163286403827672014-01-07T11:32:50.649-05:002014-01-07T11:32:50.649-05:00"Migratory species are less aggressive than s..."Migratory species are less aggressive than sedentary ones. Moving pre-empts dominance & hierarchies. Violence comes with settlement. Humans emotional need for a base/cave/port are shared with the carnivores (as opposed to the vegetarian primates who keep exploring on a perpetual pilgrimage.) The fit survive." -Bruce ChatwinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-80537755951680835472014-01-07T11:09:15.878-05:002014-01-07T11:09:15.878-05:00Howard Johnson's in Times Square closed in 200...Howard Johnson's in Times Square closed in 2005, demolished and replaced by American Eagle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81504849728073985002014-01-07T10:18:56.797-05:002014-01-07T10:18:56.797-05:00But many of these places were shit - things don...But many of these places were shit - things don't have value just because they've been there forever. People who move to cities can not expect to stay the same. If that's what you want, move to Paris, where the buildings are beautiful, but culture is dead.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15413505016600111725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-35634410956643682772014-01-07T10:09:40.577-05:002014-01-07T10:09:40.577-05:00Bright Food Shop (17 Years) Landlord hiked rent- b...Bright Food Shop (17 Years) Landlord hiked rent- best restaurant in Chelsea!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17810861213736562235noreply@blogger.com