April 8, 2007
EAST VILLAGE AUTOPSY
I wrote a piece this afternoon about the closing of a longstanding Alphabet City hangout coffeeshop called Alt Coffee. It was based on a NYTimes article with all the usual details: humble beginnings, quirky clientele, changing neighborhood, higher rents, luxury condos, blah blah blah. How many of these stories does the Times run per month? Wouldn't they be better served by saving them up for a once-a-month or once-a-week section called Urban Eulogy or something?
Is there newsroom shortand for this type of story? I imagine they call it an East Village Autopsy, regardless of where it happens, just because the EV ones are so typical. I'm picturing Monday-morning story meetings at the Times beginning with the Metro Editor Joe Sexton before his assembled staff, saying stuff like "Alright, we got a new guy on the desk; he's young and from Sacramento. Let's give him Sharpton's press conference this afternoon, elephants in the tunnel Tuesday, and an EVA by Thursday. That shit writes itself."
Tagged: east village, nytimesPosted by Lexiphane at April 8, 2007 9:13 PM
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