tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post3011956956912026364..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Newsstands DyingJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-52645545559946256442017-05-28T00:29:19.951-04:002017-05-28T00:29:19.951-04:00Sad! Lived across the street in the late 90s. The ...Sad! Lived across the street in the late 90s. The coop I lived in is now 8 times more expensive. Often saw Batali was there. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018698439789288968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-71999954630875870032017-05-26T11:30:01.663-04:002017-05-26T11:30:01.663-04:00This is not a comment on on your "Newsstands ...This is not a comment on on your "Newsstands Dying" post but rather a heads up on a book I am sure you will take great pleasure in. Very possibly it is one you have already seen and read but in any case I wanted to bring it to your attention. The book is called THE GARGOYLE HUNTERS by John Freeman Gill, published in March of 2017 by Knopf and is a wonderful story about the 1974 heist of an entire historic Manhattan building. If you haven't already, pick up a copy and read the first paragraph of Chapter One on page 11. That will be enough to grab your interest. Will also add that I have read and enjoyed Jeremiah's Vanishing New York for a number of years. Lived in my younger days in an apartment on the corner of Charles and Bleecker between 1964-75.Pelikan Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659525839327874792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-6198181319425665492017-05-26T08:55:30.496-04:002017-05-26T08:55:30.496-04:00Just heard the restaurant Pó, on Cornelia St. in t...Just heard the restaurant Pó, on Cornelia St. in the West Village, has closed its doors. Opened in 1993 by co-owners Mario Batali and Steven Crane, it was a huge neighborhood success. Crane closed the business due to a rent increase to $10,000 a month, from landlord Howard Dublin, of S.W. Management. Another great independent restaurant bites the dust ! rongeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566865793728147959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-49057298516780776882017-05-20T19:14:01.016-04:002017-05-20T19:14:01.016-04:00Jeremiah - I am curious: do these newstands actua...Jeremiah - I am curious: do these newstands actually own anything other than the shelter in which they operate? <br /><br />I love newstands as much as the next guy, but like the proliferation of sidewalk cafe's, I often wonder why a private business is allowed to build or operate on what is presumably a publicly owned sidewalk? One that we, the taxpayer, are required to maintain?<br /><br />I feel similarly about privately owned public spaces - what the hell does that even mean?<br /><br />I don't like the idea of sections of our overcrowded sidewalks being permanently given to a private business - which includes newstands, and in contrast to street vendors.<br />Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03895267154977126113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-42496449345395192852017-05-19T20:50:34.371-04:002017-05-19T20:50:34.371-04:00It's a change of behavior. There's an old ...It's a change of behavior. There's an old newsstand at the 2 Ave Subway station - on the lower concourse. I used to get my Daily News from him. It's a dingy, dumpy stand. But now - there are almost no papers there anymore. People don't buy newspapers like they used to. And the stands don't offer much outside of candy and drinks, and some, cigarettes and lotto. Not staples for the younger generations. It would be an interesting experiment if they rebranded selling, as the one guy said, more relevant items.<br /><br />It also doesn't help most people walk around with their heads down at their phones - ignoring everything going on around them.Downtownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270523045141776338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-5524072635451615692017-05-19T17:35:33.400-04:002017-05-19T17:35:33.400-04:00A perfect example of how neoliberalism yet again i...A perfect example of how neoliberalism yet again is killing off <b>small</b> local businesses while helping a global corporation. Do you think Bloomberg, let alone DeBlasio, gives even a second thought to this? I seriously doubt it.John Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073378940347627766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81258938954757900372017-05-18T22:14:05.794-04:002017-05-18T22:14:05.794-04:00Nice chronicle on how Bloomberg (and Giuliani) mur...Nice chronicle on how Bloomberg (and Giuliani) murdered the soul of New York City for benefit of real estate moguls and big corporations.Joe Mammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799916851461060952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-66679333073381094302017-05-18T21:25:57.339-04:002017-05-18T21:25:57.339-04:00Thanks Blueman. But I would never. I hate meetings...Thanks Blueman. But I would never. I hate meetings and I am not diplomatic.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-74736996920820253162017-05-18T16:04:23.826-04:002017-05-18T16:04:23.826-04:00It's just like citibike; Bloomberg's goal ...It's just like citibike; Bloomberg's goal was to convert public space into below market rate advertising, rather than the stated purpose of the project. I would wager the revenue from advertising on cemusa stands dwarfs the revenue from the stands themself.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560590260333131225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-41608984278702321462017-05-18T14:49:41.121-04:002017-05-18T14:49:41.121-04:00Jeremiah you need to run for something councilman ...Jeremiah you need to run for something councilman or something ;) i think people would vote for youTheBlueManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248112210262118353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-32720243313383915772017-05-18T10:29:20.165-04:002017-05-18T10:29:20.165-04:00Another way CEMUSA's boxes are killing newssta...Another way CEMUSA's boxes are killing newsstands? They're putting them in utterly IDIOTIC places. There's 2 near me - BOTH are DIRECTLY in front of ...Duane Reade's (or, more accurately, 'Duane Reade, PRESENTED by (WTF?!?!) Walgreens' Right).U.N. Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412069102123006569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-79508518951225650852017-05-17T21:45:00.590-04:002017-05-17T21:45:00.590-04:00News is dead, or how people consume news has chang...News is dead, or how people consume news has changed. People would rather read and believe the fake news in a newslisticle on that degenerate site Buzzfeed.JORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868908569034991290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-56415984957119464662017-05-17T20:31:52.213-04:002017-05-17T20:31:52.213-04:00All of this is so sad. Things go and then suddenly...All of this is so sad. Things go and then suddenly you are aware they are gone and nothing looks like it used to.<br />You, Mr. Moss are a gift to NYC and those of us who care about what it was and what it's turning into.<br />Thank you for doing what you do.<br />Don't stop.traceyjackson@mac.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081037738401786925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-29856620747751454132017-05-17T14:05:00.931-04:002017-05-17T14:05:00.931-04:00I don't know about you, but the shininess of t...I don't know about you, but the shininess of the new newsstands dissuades me from going. I think the old ones felt like an old shoe, much more comfortable.<br /><br />I wonder why the owners don't change what they're selling just a little bit. Maybe a different selection of foods would help?Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03826027765991475367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-10539820083959792432017-05-17T10:27:37.146-04:002017-05-17T10:27:37.146-04:00Their main product, newspapers, are obsolete. The...Their main product, newspapers, are obsolete. Their second product, candy, is available for much less at a million Dune Reades, CVS and Rite-Aids on every block. Basically, all they got going are cigarettes and lotto.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018698439789288968noreply@blogger.com