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Jeremiah's
Vanishing New York

a.k.a. The Book of Lamentations:
a bitterly nostalgic look at a city in the process of going extinct
2007 - 2021

Showing posts with label park slope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label park slope. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Bobos on Bergen

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In Brooklyn there's a block of Bergen Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, that wasn't there a year or so ago. The block itself was ...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Seltzer Truck

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It's a rare thrill to spot the Island Beverage seltzer truck. In NY Press , Joshua Bernstein described the sight, " as if a wormhol...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

Park Slope Barber

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Brooklyn’s Park Slope Barber shop on 7th Avenue and 4th Street is celebrating a big birthday this year--but it's not entirely clear whic...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

Donuts Coffee Shop

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VANISHED: December 28, 2007 Unable to get to Park Slope on Friday, I sent one of my tipsters to the scene. She arrived in the afternoon and ...
Sunday, August 19, 2007

Clover Barber Shop

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VANISHING? Not yet. my flickr "I been a barber since seven," Ercole Riccardelli tells me in his thick Neapolitan accent as he...
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Monday, August 13, 2007

7th Ave Books

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VANISHING: August 31, 2007 This Park Slope indie may not have been around for eons, but the demise of any good used bookshop is cause for so...
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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
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