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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

Monday, January 7, 2013

Big Apple Meat Market

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We've been hearing rumors about this for awhile and now it's happening. After more than 20 years in Hell's Kitchen, right behin...
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Friday, January 4, 2013

*Everyday Chatter

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Steve Cuozzo: "Just to torment those who weep over every lost 'landmark' of the old Lower East Side: The former Mars Bar site a...
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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Lenox Lounge Redux

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After the closing and stripping of the famed Lenox Lounge on New Year's Day , this press release just came in from the publicist repre...
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Central Iron & Metal

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Another long-time, blue-collar business is about to be lost to High Lined property values. The scrap yard that runs between 27th and 28th St...
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Lenox Lounge Stripped

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The Lenox Lounge closed on New Year's Eve after 73 years in Harlem. The landlord doubled the rent on its current owner Alvin Reed, from...
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Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year: 1984 - 1985!

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I love this clip of CBS' 1984-1985 coverage of New Year's Eve in Times Square--hosted by Andy Williams (who just passed away in Sept...
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2012 Vanishings

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Every year, at the end of the year, we take a look back at what's been lost over the past 12 months. Some of the losses were big ones, s...
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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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