Max Fish to stay alive--just for one more year. [Paper] via Curbed
Zig Zag Records of Brooklyn closes after 35 years. [SB]
Looking back at the corner of 6th Ave and 24th St., where bagels replaced dancing girls. [FNY]
Knockdown drama at the CB3 meeting: Said one committee member, "If douchebags are a race, then I'm a racist." [EVG]
More and more bedbugs. [Curbed]
The history and future of 250 Bowery. [BB]
WalMart keeps trying to tell New York it loves WalMart. [Racked]
A little old Times Square from Jerry Rio. [youtube]
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a bitterly nostalgic look at a city in the process of going extinct
- Jeremiah Moss
- THE BOOK:
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"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...thanks for the news on Zig Zag. Reblogging now!
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