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The tree at Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn.
Merry Christmas to all!
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006.
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- Cheyenne Diner to Float on Down to Red Hook?
- P&G to Remain Open One More Month
- Lehrer Listerners Care
- Matchbooks of the Lost City: The Recently Deceased
- The Mystery of The Diplomat
- Lost City to on "Brian Lehrer Show" Wednesday, Dec...
- NYU to Squash Another Short Building on WSP
- Market Diner Back in Business
- Matchbooks of the Lost City
- A View of the Midtown Skyline from Apple's Subterr...
- Least Favorite Christmas Display: Henri Bendel
- Watch Your Head!
- Next Stop: 1932
- Piccolo Cafe Is Real, Not Fake
- Merry Christmas!
- Tudor Touch Up
- Dullsville
- I'm Charmed
- That's Mr. Louis to You
- What Bloomberg Wants for the Eight Days of Hanukkah
- Brooklyn's Bike Shop Moving
- Sullen and Spoiled for Christmas
- Snowy Brooklyn
- Merry Christmas, Rat Squirrel House!
- Community Garden Christmas Tree
- Revere Sugar Refinery Remembered in Oil
- Does That Mean New York Is Heaven?
- The Orange Hut
- Big Cup, Big Cone
- Not Quite Crapitecture
- Degraw Delight Back Then
- A Good Sign: Joseph Gutman Associates
- Degraw Delight
- Christmas Eulogy
- Bring Out Your Dead!: 2008
- Some Stuff That's Interesting
- Chez Laurence Still Really, Really Closed
- Empire State Building Last Night
- Snow, and Buildings, of Years Gone By
- Lost City Ask "Who Goes to Ralph's Ristorante Ital...
- A Good Sign: Holtzman & Paris Meats & Poultry and ...
- How to Talk Non-Stop Without Really Trying
- Some Holiday Advice
- No More Shops Around the Corner in the New NYC
- Minetta, Under Cover
- You Can't Find Me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!
- A Good Sign: Crown Restaurant
- Look Down
- Last Trace of Longchamps Disappears
- Who's Luquer?
- The Mad Santa Painter Strikes
- Longchamps Puts It on Account
- All Aboard!
- Meat Pies and Mitres
- The Inexplicably Sophisticated Duane Reade in Soho
- A Visit to the Holiday Train Show
- Costa Del Sol to Be Supplanted by Palazzo de Nouveau
- The Only Shiny Yellow Metal Building in New York
- Don't Fade Away
- The Coat Gallery
- Carroll Gardens Get a Little More Christmas Spirit
- Pants, Shirts, Shirts, Pants
- Pizza Too Expensive, Says Pizza Man
- Mazzola Bakery Christmas Tree Watch: Night Scene
- East Broadway Rats Are Some Tough Rats
- Some Stuff That's Interesting
- A Good Sign: The Brooklyn Diner
- O, Credit Card, O, Credit Card
- The Mysterious Pacifier Trees of Borough Park
- Mazzola Bakery Christmas Tree Watch: It's Done!
- A Good Sign: Paul's Fruit and Grocery
- Some Stuff That's Interesting
- Wooden Phone Booth Sighting: Miele Pharmacy
- Weird Mystery Building Now Has Scaffolding
- Mazzola Bakery Christmas Tree Watch
- Some Stuff That's Interesting
- Art Flowers, Artful Display
- Tin Pan Alley Buildings Off the Block, Maybe
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Recently Lost Landmarks
- Stage Deli
- Prime Burger
- The Lenox Lounge
- El Faro
- Lascoff Drugs
- Colony Music
- Lafayette Pastry Shop
- Eagle Movie Theatre
- Bill's Gay 90s
- Holiday Cocktail Lounge
- Manganaro Grosseria Italiana
- Hinsch's Confectionary
- The Original Ray's Pizza
- La Petite Auberge
- Leske's Bakery
- Mars Bar
- Elaine's
- P&G Bar
- Joe's Superette
- Jeffrey's Meats
- Karl Ehmer
- Guss' Pickles (LES version)
- Shore Hotel
- Von Westernhagen Restaurant
- Fedora
- The Rum House
- Cono & Sons O'Pescatore Restaurant
- Carmine's at the Seaport
- Gino
- Empire Diner
- Cavalier Restaurant
- Diamond Dairy
- Armando Tailor
- Tavern on the Green (as it was)
- Cafe Des Artistes
- Jay Dee Bakery
- Joe Jr. Restaurant
- Joseph Patelson Music House
- Manny's
- Arnold Hatters
- Amato Opera
- Astroland
- Vesuvio Bakery (space reopened in fall 2009, largely untouched, as Birdbath Neighborhood Green Bakery)
- The "21" Club's Tie Requirement
- Richard Yee's Chinese Restaurant
- Long Island Restaurant
- Holiday Lights at Bronx Zoo
- The Green Church
- Shea Stadium
- Yankee Stadium
- Lehman Brothers
- Nikos Magazine & Smoke Shop
- Florent
- Cafe Mozart
- Le Figaro Cafe
- Montrachet
- Cheyenne Diner
- Ridgewood Theater
- Armando's
- Cafe La Fortuna
- Fazil's Times Square Studio
- Pozzo Pastry
- Frank's Restaurant
- Cedar Tavern
- Donuts Coffee Shop
- Jahn's Ice Cream Parlor
- Morrone Bakery
- Brooke Astor
- The Wall Street Journal
- Moondance Diner
- Gertel's Kosher Bakery
- Kurowycky Meats
- Little Charlie's Clam Bar
- Claremont Riding Academy
- Vinylmania
- Jade Mountain
- Gotham Book Mart
- CBGB's
- Coliseum Books
- The Continental
- The Second Avenue Deli
- McHale's
- Howard Johnson's (Times Square)
- Gage & Tollner
- Arnold Hatters
Endangered Landmarks
- 48th Street's Music Row
- Chelsea Hotel
- Chumley's
- Donovan's Pub
- Erasmus Hall (The Original)
- Katz's Deli
- Le Veau d'Or
- Max Fish
- New York Stock Exchange
- Ray's Deli
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Woodside)
- Streit's Matzoh Factory
- The Upper East Side Diners
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- City Room
- Cooked Books
- Curbed
- Develop—Don't Destroy Brooklyn
- Dino's Now and Then
- Eater
- Ephemeral New York
- EV Grieve
- Fading Ad Blog
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- Flatbush Gardener
- Forgotten New York
- Gawker
- Gothamist
- Gowanus Lounge
- Greenwich Village Daily Photo
- Harlem Bespoke
- Ivy Style
- Lakemichiblog
- Los Angeles Time Machines
- Midtown Lunch
- Miss Heather
- NearSay NYC
- New York City Signs
- New York Songlines
- Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn
- Pardon Me for Asking
- Pork Chop Express
- PortSide NewYork
- Queens Crap
- Restless
- Roadside Architecture
- Scripophily New York Banking History
- Slice
- The Bowery Boys
- The Kingston Lounge
- The Real Deal
- The World According to Bitchcakes
- Vanishing NY
Lost City in the News
- AM New York
- AM New York (4/29/09)
- BestCollegesOnLine
- Brooklyn Eagle
- City Room, NYT (report on end of Lost City)
- Eater (report on end of Lost City)
- Gothamist (report on end of Lost City)
- Grub Street
- Hat Life
- Media Bistro (report on end of Lost City)
- New York Observer
- New York Post
- New York Post—Tin Pan Alley
- Not For Tourists
- The Brian Lehrer Show
- The New York Times
- The Villager
- WCBS-TV
- WFUV's "Cityscape" (March 8, 2008 edition)
About Me
- Brooks of Sheffield
- New York City, New York
- I have lived in New York City since 1988 and earn my bread as a writer. I began this blog in January 2006. Beyond that, don't be so nosy. "I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism." —Roberto Rossellini
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
The late, great McHale's, the death of which inspired the birth of this blog.
4 comments:
All the best to you, too! I always enjoy reading your posts. That is a beautiful photo, makes me wish I was in Brooklyn right now.
Happy Holidays, Mr. Brooks.
Keep on posting, I love this blog.
Thanks, Lidian and Vince. Happy Holidays.
And to you, Brooks of Sheffield.
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