tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post6149014990059207362..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: *Everyday ChatterJeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-35588373218105479452011-09-03T15:54:44.248-04:002011-09-03T15:54:44.248-04:00Jeremiah
Wonderful blog!
I think there is anothe...Jeremiah<br /><br />Wonderful blog!<br /><br />I think there is another stretch of Revolutionary War earthworks still in Manhattan: at the Southeast corner of the eastern division of Trinity Cemetery, near the corner of West 153rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue. There is a small hillock and a low berm extending eastwards towards Amsterdam; both were, I believe, part of the earthworks. There is a plaque marking the site of the Middle Redoubt. I posted a couple of photos on my tumblr blog.My New Yrokhttp://aboutnewyork.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-43901014295825213282011-09-02T22:39:46.775-04:002011-09-02T22:39:46.775-04:00The "gentrification project" letter is a...The "gentrification project" letter is a must read. It pretty much summarizes what has been happening in the city for over a decade now.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20598065060474313682011-09-02T19:40:09.452-04:002011-09-02T19:40:09.452-04:00That story from AM New York about the Revolutionar...That story from AM New York about the Revolutionary War redoubt is great - I'd love to get up there to take a look at that. Pretty amazing that such an important piece of history just lays there without praise.JAZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20379865392609710712011-09-02T17:22:29.750-04:002011-09-02T17:22:29.750-04:00I'll miss the Manhattan Diner! As an ex-pat Ne...I'll miss the Manhattan Diner! As an ex-pat New Orleanian, I used to go to the diner and order bread pudding plus a shot of bourbon to pour over the pudding. (No substitute for N.O. bread pudding with whiskey sauce, but good enough to cure a bout of homesickness.)BrooksNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03001832037256411973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-48101281917443581062011-09-02T14:00:57.274-04:002011-09-02T14:00:57.274-04:00Thanks for linking to the Lethem book club discuss...Thanks for linking to the Lethem book club discussion over at PWHNY, Jeremiah. Would love to get reader feedback on those posts -- or do not enough people actually like the novel?Bryanhttp://ahistoryofnewyork.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-1814670503953892572011-09-02T13:49:46.703-04:002011-09-02T13:49:46.703-04:00I have to admit I like those Hollister guys after ...I have to admit I like those Hollister guys after reading that interview. <br /><br />Have a great weekend, Jeremiah!Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-67321224253511216432011-09-02T12:09:24.328-04:002011-09-02T12:09:24.328-04:00That memo seems oddly made up.That memo seems oddly made up.TyNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-61265632209975029882011-09-02T11:03:45.587-04:002011-09-02T11:03:45.587-04:00So routine has the closure of beloved establishmen...So routine has the closure of beloved establishments become, I'm always surprised how much each one still hurts. <br /><br />The demolition of this block is especially painful. The first time I visited the city from the UK (as a wide-eyed 20 year-old) I stayed at the hotel on the corner of 77th and Broadway. It was already called On The Ave, but it had a tiny lobby and few frills.<br /><br />There was a Fishs Eddy on the ground floor and a laundromat across the street. I don't think the Manhattan Diner was there at the time or I'm sure I would have eaten breakfast there (I went to Xando around the corner or the Beacon Diner instead).<br /><br />Years later, after moving to the city, I ate at the Manhattan Diner several times. Fantastic burgers but I never had the egg cream. I almost cried when I arrived one wet Sunday in May to see it shuttered. They'd already begun tearing the place up, so I made sure to take a photo of the mosaic entrance. That's probably gone too by now.James Campbell Taylorhttp://www.jamescampbelltaylor.comnoreply@blogger.com