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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

Monday, February 13, 2012

The Elk Hotel

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VANISHED This weekend, we got the following note from an anonymous commenter: "Yesterday, a sign was posted on the front door of the El...
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

*Everyday Chatter

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RIP Atlas Meats -- the last big meatpacking plant in the Meatpacking District is gone: Resurrect CBGB? No, says Luna Lounge creator Rob Sa...
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The Paddington Lady

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On West 11th Street, in the townhouse that replaced the townhouse that the Weathermen blew up in 1970, there's a Paddington bear. For ...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

1560 WQEW

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Recently, I was thinking of my old favorite radio station, 1560 WQEW, the home of American popular standards. I'd wake up on Saturdays w...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

*Everyday Chatter

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At the Post , John Podhoretz attacks the anti-chain zoning plan for the UWS --because small stores apparently are not endangered by the corp...
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Chino-Latino Lives

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A year ago, when we lost La Nueva Rampa on 14th Street, we lost one of the last (if not the last) Chino-Latino joints in Chelsea, where ma...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

*Everyday Chatter

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Bloggers talking about lost New York bars and restaurants . [ AMNY ] New York bookshop owners, steel yourselves-- Amazon is going brick and ...
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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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