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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

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Jade Mountain

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VANISHED: 2007 Photo from warsze Jade Mountain Chinese restaurant closed earlier this year, soon after the owner was killed while making a ...
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Bobby's Happy House

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VANISHING: August 2007 Photo from in8vision Update: The Times just tuned in to this news. There was a rally in Harlem this weekend to save ...
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Saturday, August 4, 2007

Our Lady of Vilnius

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VANISHING: 2007 The author of Our Lady of Vilnius, NYC recently called my attention to the closing and impending demolition of her church, ...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Moondance Diner

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VANISHED: August 2007 UPDATE: Gothamist and Downtown Express report on the final departure of the Moondance. Lost City has a great report...
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Parking Lot at 8th and Greenwich Avenues

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VANISHED: July 2007 One Jackson Square , with its "provocative" condos, is coming to the Village. And that means that the parking ...
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St. Ann's Church

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VANISHED: 2004 NYU's looming new dorm building continues to rise behind the decapitated facade of St. Ann's Church on East 12th Stre...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Barry Supply Co.

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VANISHING? The Barry Supply Co. has had this enigmatic storefront on West 17th Street for the past 40 years. It reminds me of something fro...
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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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