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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, January 26, 2016

Little House on 18th Street

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When La Lunchonette closed on New Year's Eve , forced out of business after the landlord sold the building, I wondered what would replac...
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Monday, January 25, 2016

The Ziegfeld

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VANISHING By now you've probably heard the news that the Ziegfeld movie theater will be closing after 46 years. It is "not a...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Oyster Bar

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No, not the one in Grand Central Terminal. The other one, over on 7th Avenue and 54th Street. You might remember it was forced out of busine...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Lenox Lounge For Rent

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Recently, I took a walk by the once glorious Lenox Lounge . After three years, the building is still sitting empty -- and up for rent. Wha...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The Starting Line

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VANISHING Adding to the ever dwindling number of gay businesses on Chelsea's 8th Avenue, The Starting Line will be closing. They...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

Tammany Hall Empties Out

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Last spring, Curbed reported that the Tammany Hall building on Union Square East will be topped by a large glass dome as part of a major r...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

The Sock Man

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VANISHING Since 1983, The Sock Man , aka Marty Rosen, has been selling socks on St. Mark's Place. Now a reader writes in to say the en...
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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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