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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

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

2014 Vanishings

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At the end of each year, I offer a list of businesses that vanished during the year. Last year, I posted a Master List of vanishings through...
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Monday, December 29, 2014

Gray's Papaya to Liquiteria

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When the Gray's Papaya on 6th Avenue and 8th Street shuttered in January , thanks to a massive rent hike from the landlord, New Yorkers ...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Posman Books

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VANISHING As you've likely heard by now, the Posman's bookstore in Grand Central Terminal has been denied a lease renewal by thei...
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Monday, December 22, 2014

Cafe Edison Closes

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VANISHED Last night, around 7:00 pm, Cafe Edison shuttered. Today: Photo by John Strano Jordan Strohl, son and grandson of the owners...
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Complete Traveller Bookstore

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VANISHING New York is losing yet another bookshop, thanks to out-of-control rent. After 36 years in business on the corner of 35th and...
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Friday, December 19, 2014

Meet the Kentile K

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When the Kentile Floors sign came down from the skyline of Brooklyn earlier this year , the beloved letters were stashed away, in an undisc...
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Joey Arias: Christmas with the Crawfords

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The following is a guest post by Romy Ashby, who runs the excellent blog " Walkers in the City ." The Henry Street Settlement - ...
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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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