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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, February 28, 2017

Gaslight Lounge

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VANISHED In the Meatpacking District, David Brown writes in to report that Gaslight Lounge and Pizza has shuttered. There was an auction ...
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Monday, February 27, 2017

Mon Petit Cafe

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VANISHING Mon Petit Cafe, a 1980s-era French bistro on Lexington and 62nd Street, says adieu . The climate for small businesses in New Yor...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Waldorf Astoria Hotel

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VANISHING The historic Waldorf Astoria hotel is about to vanish. Not physically, but spiritually. It was purchased last year by the Chines...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

High-Rent Blight at 4th & Bank

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There used to be a laundromat on West 4th and Bank. I often took its picture because it seemed like a particularly poignant laundromat, espe...
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Monday, February 13, 2017

Liberty House

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VANISHING Liberty House , at 112th and Broadway, is vanishing after 49 years in business. And it's no ordinary local shop. photo: J...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Andre Opening

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Recently, I watched "My Dinner with Andre" for the first time. It begins in the most promising way. The camera follows Wallace Sha...
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Monday, February 6, 2017

The New Quad

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A couple of years ago, the great little Quad cinema closed , sold to real-estate developer Charles S. Cohen--but with plans to renovate 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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