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"A 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."
Lost City Blog Owner Brooks of Sheffield is mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. Go, Brooks, go! "McHale's closed. That's why I've decided to create this blog, something thought I'd never do, mainly because I have a visceral dislike of the word 'blog,' surely one of the most graceless syllables in the English language. (Leave it to the wordsmiths of the 21st century.) But something has to be written about the disappearance of McHale's. And Howard Johnson's. And Le Cirque, Lutece, the Second Avenue Deli, CBGBs (soon), the Rainbow Room (as it was), Lattacini Barese, Frank's Department Store, Gage and Tollner and countless other classic stores, restaurants, bars, landmarks, merchants that have been steamrolled under the current, ruthless, soulless real estate market (all hail!) and our mayor's love of development, "progress," big box stores, unfriendly competition, faceless high rises and the high cost of living he's become accustomed to..."