It first surfaced, evidently, in 2014, but I don’t believe I noticed it for a couple of years into its run. I’m talking about a little blog called East Village Today, a snakily contrarian little web-journal that strove to fly in the face of the brazen nostalgia propagated by blogs like my own, as well as more revered sites like EV Grieve, Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York and several others. The blogger behind it all, I gather, was tired of the lionization of the neighborhood’s fading character and applauded development, new amenities and, well, further gentrification.
Obviously, I was not a fan. The individual left the odd comment here, from time to time, but I don’t believe I ever took the bait. I mean, I got what he … or she.. was trying to do, but they were just being a little too trolly about it.
I stopped paying attention, after a while.
In searching for a specific photo, I came back across East Village Today ….er.. today, and apparently the project was abandoned in September of 2018. No goodbye note or anything. The blog and its accompany Instagram page and Facebook page just … stopped.
I wonder what happened.
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