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15 August 2009

This Week on Lost City


Mary the Crossing Guard Remembered; Third Street, Third Street and More Third Street; Carroll Gardens Bike Thieves Tried to Steal My Bike; The Graffiti of 190 Bowery Celebrated; Brad Lander Is a Sneaky Snake.

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Brooks of Sheffield
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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.