Jeremiah's Vanishing New York

Nicholas Frank Prugo is suspected of burglarizing the homes of Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge, as well as other young Hollywood celebrities. (L.A. County Sheriff's Department)

Wall Street bankers get the swine flu vaccine before the city's poor schlubs. [Gothamist]Mars Bar bankers get vandalized. [EVG]"The New Museum...is just a showcase for art bought during the luxury boom, ...

Main St. v. Wall St.! Some New Yorkers are up in arms upon finding out that Citigroup and Goldman Sachs have received numerous doses of the much-coveted H1N1 vaccine. The two banks each received a several ...

Comment about Mike Bloomberg and the mayoral election…

I've written here before about the feelings I have (and had) for Elizabeth Street. In this post about the street's massive hyper-gentrification, I mentioned the closure of Bella's luncheonette and its ...

Yesterday, many people in this city voted to keep Michael Bloomberg as our mayor. Yet, for all his arrogance, he won by a very narrow margin, shocking his aides, who fully expected a landslide. Nearly half the voters in the city have come to their senses. ...

I've written before about how Bloomberg and the forces of the New New York Order have done a thorough job of "cleaning up" the city. Like eager beavers, The Joneses have white-washed graffiti, planted ...

Great creative writers invent stories about thrift-store objects -- and you can buy them on eBay. A project in collaboration with Joshua Glenn.

As Bloomberg readies to steal democracy and buy the election tomorrow--spending "more of his own money than any other individual in United States history in the pursuit of public office" (Times)--some ...

Brick Lane becomes cushion lane after the number of texting injuries

With summer thoroughly over and the clocks falling back, as the loudmouth weather goes south, we return for a look back at the Backside of the Cooper Square Hotel.The douchebags are gone from the fire ...