is New York City dead?

You can kind of see it in that Twitter photo.

Oh sorry, thanks, didn’t click to see/zing

https://gothamist.com/news/photos/photos-mta-bus-left-dangling-overpass-bronx

hayri atak proposes the striking, sinuous 'sarcostyle tower' for the new york skyline https://t.co/7Ouo0W3yAN pic.twitter.com/gdmW61R4kk

— designboom (@designboom) January 20, 2021

i just finished nk jemisin's 'the city we became,' in which new york city fights against a lovecraftian menace that attempts to take over the city's buildings and people.

thinking about that for no particular reason.

i love it

the expanse called, they want their shitty Manhattan skyline back

also

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/nyregion/casino-manhattan-nyc.html

I loved that book too! I think it taught a lot of ppl about Staten Island lol/sob.

the angles...they're wrong!

love how much that article struggles to reconcile the fact that the Aqueduct casino already exists with the Times worldview in which a location in Queens, on the A train and closer to Manhattan than JFK, is "downstate"

Rough Trade is closing and "moving"
https://blog.roughtrade.com/new-york-we-are-moving/

^ kind of a perfect sized venue for a show. I saw a sunny day in Glasgow there

the only more annoying co-star than catrall

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/excerpts-from-the-sex-and-the-city-revival-in-which-samantha-is-replaced-with-fran-lebowitz

https://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/categories/food-and-drink/6678-our-wicked-lady-vs-cuomo

Oh xpost re: casinos, I think the deal with the Aquaduct casino is it's kind of not a 'real' casino? I.e. only games that can somehow be made to fit with in lottery/games of chance laws can be played there? So it sounds like part of what they were saying is that the license for Aquaduct could also potentially be upgraded to some kind of full license.

Hmm, interesting! If only we had some kind of professional casino intellectual who posted here...

lol

do you actually gamble doc? i dunno the genesis of yer sobriquet

Me neither.

But I like the way you worded that, forks.

Never play poker against a doctor who's named after a casino

Apologies to the casino doctor!

lol i know nothing about casinos or gambling, i'm just goofin! the name is from a "rehearsal" for a one-off, one-show "band" that spent more time brainstorming names than preparing music. i got into this thing of Doctor _________ names, really liked "Doctor Casino," and when when i used up all my capital keeping us from being called something else, i ended up saving it for my own stop-start musical projects etc. this was all in like 2003 or 2004... now i wish i'd used different aliases for different things but whattayagonnado.

(the leading name suggestion was, inexplicably, "The Winkies")

dodged a bullet there imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx8-J66yawM

BK venue shutdown alert:

Hey, friends.

We've decided to close our doors for the time being. The outdoor vibe has been extremely nice with the fire pits, heaters and yurts, but the costs of providing these things, which increase as the temps go down, are causing us to lose money – not what we wanna do right now, obviously!

We've really been enjoying connecting with you in person, but our biggest priority is fully re-opening on the other side of the pandemic. Temporarily closing until it gets a bit warmer will make it easier to survive the long road.

If you have an upcoming booking this weekend or beyond, your reservation fee will be refunded in the coming days, and you'll get a separate email from us with all the details shortly. If you have any questions, just email he✧✧✧@nowad✧✧✧.n✧✧.

While the long term future isn't crystal clear yet, we're confident we'll be back with you for our limited, heated outdoor operation when things warm up a bit – likely in mid- to late-March. Keep an eye on your inbox and our Instagram account for updates.

For now, you can still join us for our Virtually Nowadays session on The Lot Radio from 1pm to 2pm today (Mad Mirian will be at the helm), and you can stream hours and hours of wonderful sounds and edifying talks on our Patreon. We suggest pairing your at-home audio/visual experience with a nice homemade meal. Our friends at The Mixtape Shop have a new grocery section full of specialty items to make a good dinner (not to mention their ample stock of excellent records).

If you don't feel like cooking, order in from one of these Black owned businesses. Spread the coin around if you've got it.

That's all from us for now. Stay warm, stay safe, and get that vaccine when it's your turn. We're looking forward to seeing you as soon as we can.

Big Love,

Nowadays

Honestly didn't even realize they'd stayed open though it makes sense that they did, being an outdoor, beer-garden-style establishment in the first place.

(Technically Queens, but by like, one block.)

it's next to a graveyard, it's 100% queens

Friends of mine. Sad news.

It’s not technically queens it’s queens.

i wouldn't argue about it

You know this is the NY thread right

sorry: i WILL argue about it

pretty chilly today huh

NO

I more think of that part of bushwood as "techincally brooklyn" tbh

today is one of those days where even the "feels like" on the weather sites seems totally inflated and false - it is COLD out there y'all

It's east, east brooklyn.

east east bushwick

alive and well!

https://evgrieve.com/2021/02/about-that-rolled-up-carpet-in-crosswalk.html

i tripper over one of these dudes at a warehouse show in brooklyn like 10 years ago... wonder if its the same guy

this fuckin guy!

obviously Cuomo could be talking about what he’s doing to help the city on each of these challenges but he’s not pic.twitter.com/ltKgUU2UAm

— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) February 19, 2021

almost like his goal is to weaken NYC government

lol, i mailed the carpet guy link to a friend who texted back "i have sat on him at a burning man-adjacent party on a boat in bushwick. LOLLLLL"

That carpet guy is one of the more unsettling things I've read lately. Not really the fetish angle, although I do live the "consent" detour in the comments, but moreso the concerns about how often that carpet is washed.

Cuomo just announced that the city is reopening movie theaters at 25% capacity in early March and i should be vaccinated around then so i figured I'd take a look at the IFC to see what I might go back and see and they're scheduling a run of... Shoah. Just what I was hoping for with my first return to cinema: nine hours of the holocaust.

https://t.co/YfYQA9xe3K pic.twitter.com/rSaQjv7qTe

— the goat of all time (@bobby) February 22, 2021

.@googlemaps published its first pandemic-era Street View of #NYC. It's a great way to compare our new, much improved use of curb space.

16 restaurant seats vs 1 parked car in Clinton Hill
20 restaurant seats vs 2 parked cars in Williamsburg pic.twitter.com/3FAH8nREUQ

— Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) March 18, 2021