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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, June 25, 2018

Bring Back Mom and Pop

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In my latest op-ed for the Daily News , I debate the myths that the real estate industry is putting forth about the Small Business Jobs Surv...
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Friday, June 22, 2018

High-Rent Blight Monopoly

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You may have seen them popping up on high-rent blight around town. Monopoly cards pasted to the windows and walls of shuttered shops. They ...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018

Legacy Records and Black Branding

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In his Times review of a new Hudson Yards restaurant , Pete Wells writes that Legacy Records has "ginned up a history for itself that b...
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Monday, June 18, 2018

Cafe Espanol

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VANISHED On Bleecker Street since 1976, Cafe EspaƱol has shuttered. There's no note to say why the sudden closing, only a sign tha...
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Sylvia Pines Uniquities

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VANISHING Since 1981 there’s been a little vintage jewelry shop on the corner of 77th and Lexington called Sylvia Pines Uniquities . By th...
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Friday, June 15, 2018

St. Denis' Last Days

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Earlier this year I wrote about the death of the great St. Denis building on 11th and Broadway, a building that should be landmarked but isn...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Lincoln Plaza Cinema Reboot

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As I first reported in April , the shuttered Lincoln Plaza Cinemas has attracted a band of angels working to bring it back to life, includin...
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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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