Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
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- Synopsis
- “Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and cheap pierogi.” — David Kamp, Vanity Fair“A full-throated lament for the city’s bygone charms.” — Wall Street Journal“We should all buy Jeremiah Moss’s book, Vanishing New York.” — Sarah Jessica Parker “I haven’t read a more impassioned book in over a decade. Vanishing New York is angry, incredulous, but also full of insight into a city of legend, where every legend happened to be true.” — Gary Shteyngart“Jeremiah Moss came to the party that is New York City just in time to see it turn into a wake.His book is lucid, eloquent, phenomenally detailed, and terribly sad. Future generations, assuming there are any, will read it in wonder and disbelief.” — Luc Sante“Meticulously researched, thoroughly reported, at once a call to arms and a soul cry, Vanishing New York is a love letter to originality and the human spirit. Grab a knish and settle in.” — Charles Bock, New York Times bestselling author of Alice and Oliver“A vigorous, righteously indignant book that would do Jane Jacobs proud.” — Kirkus“One of the most thorough and pugnacious chroniclers of New York’s blandification.” — The Atlantic“A vigorous, righteously indignant book that would do Jane Jacobs proud.” — Kirkus Reviews“A very good, angrily passionate, and ultimately saddening book [. . . ] brilliantly written and well-informed.” — Booklist“For those of us who’ve watched hopelessly as our beautiful city has turned into an assortment of Duane Reades and Starbucks, this book is a must-read. Jeremiah Moss bears witness on our behalf, and puts it all into brilliant perspective.” — Andy Cohen, host and executive producer, “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen”“A wrenching, exhaustive chronicle of the ‘hypergentrification of New York’ [. . .] Every page is charged with Moss’s deep love of New York. It is both a vital and unequivocally depressing read.” — The Village Voice“Wrathful howl.” — Harper’s Magazine
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 470 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780062439703
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780062439680
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins
- Date of Addition:
- 01/30/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Jeremiah Moss
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.