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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

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Mini Canal

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Urban miniaturist Alan Wolfson, whom I interviewed here , has completed a new piece: Canal Street Cross Section . Here he preserves in minia...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

*Everyday Chatter

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Bloomberg's transportation commissioner tests new "Green Lane" on East Village street? While one stubborn old-school New Yorke...
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Manufacturers Trust 1955

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About a month ago, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to protect the midcentury modern interior of the Manufacturers Trust bank bu...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

E. Rossi & Co.

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Thanks to Roy Campolongo and Michele Campo for sending in the link to Closing Time* , Veronica Diaferia's 2006 documentary about the clo...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

*Everyday Chatter

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Tension on Flatbush: "Maybe they are trying to bring a little bit of that Manhattan stuff to our neighborhood." [ CNY ] New Brook...
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Rob Warren Books

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I finally got the chance to catch up with the new incarnation of one of my favorite (lost) bookshops. Skyline Books has become Rob Warren B...
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Friday, March 11, 2011

*Everyday Chatter

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History theft on the rise as new businesses on the Lower East Side are giving themselves false cornerstones, claiming to be "founded i...
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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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