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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, October 7, 2013

The Fight for Willets Point

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If you really want to see how the Bloomberg administration operates, look at what they're doing to the people of Willets Point in Queens...
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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Ray Beauty Supply

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Ray Beauty Supply has got to be one of the last old-school businesses left on 8th Avenue off Times Square. I've long admired their vint...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

The Teddy Bear House

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On a stately old block of West 11th Street there's an oddly modern townhouse that for years was known as the Teddy Bear house for the Pa...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

El Sombrero

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VANISHING As Bowery Boogie reported last week , El Sombrero, aka The Hat, will be closing for good very soon. But not as soon as we though...
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Monday, September 30, 2013

Colony Gets Halloweenied

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Recently, I wrote about the gutting of the venerable Colony Music in Times Square, after their new landlord hiked the rent to astronomic pr...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

*Everyday Chatter

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After being on its last legs for awhile, El Sombrero, aka The Hat , is leaving Ludlow Street. [ BB ] Remembering the Ludlow Street Cafe ....
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Spirit of '76

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I received the following note from reader Jim Duffy, along with photos from his friend Amy L. Anderson: In Lower Manhattan, at the corne...
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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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