#SaveNYC's Vanishing Businesses

After the loss of the Café Edison, the writer Jeremiah Moss of the site Jeremiah's Vanishing New York, has gone from lamenting the closing of New York City's distinctive businesses on his blog to campaigning to preserve them through legislation.

Now: @jeremoss of Vanishing New York on his campaign to #SaveNYC from becoming a "hollow city" of chain stores: http://t.co/ZpyroeTTYG

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 26, 2015

What's vanishing are the small businesses, which make up the fabric, the texture of the streetscape + culture, says @jeremoss.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 26, 2015

.@jeremoss says even when small businesses find new locations, they often go out of business quickly because they lose their customer base.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 26, 2015

.@jeremoss says now we've got "hyper-gentrification," when city gov't + corporations collude to re-create neighborhoods for the upper class.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 26, 2015

Caller Ben says you'll see new small businesses popping up, but you have to look at the turnover...they fail when they can't pay rent.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 26, 2015