Magic Shoes is gone--and I do worry for the Pizza Box. [BBoogie]
Washington Square Park blog responds to the lack of Manhattan blogs in the Times piece this weekend. [WSP]
The Times follows up the sad news about the closure of the Amato Opera. [NYT]
Take another look at the bereft Cheyenne Diner--once again in need of a savior. [FNY]
Not dead yet: Our Lady of Vilnius.
Bloomberg to be King Forever. [CR] ...and why he shouldn't be.
We had no idea there were so many people who owned cowboy hats in New York City. [EVG]
Tishman wants to turn the Rainbow Room into office space? Don't we sort of have a glut of that? [Gothamist]
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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's particularly weird that NYTimes thinks that there are no Manhattan centric blogs when they run a blogroll on the City page that includes all our Manhattan blogs! nimrods
ReplyDeleteRe Our Lady of Vilnius: We are very thankful to be "not dead yet" and we hope our demise will be a natural one at the end of a long life, perhaps another century. The Archdioces voices every confidence that their agenda will prevail, as well it should: they have a lot more influence and resources at their disposal than we do. The church was started at the initiative of the people with the guidance of a worker priest. My ancestors thought that they were building something for posterity. I want to keep this building standing as a testimony to their innocent faith and hope. All innocent faith and hope.
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