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On the City Pattern Project: Stephansdom
In which The Gay Recluse becomes increasingly obsessed with tiled rooftops.* According to Wikipedia, the rooftop of the Stephansdom in Vienna contains over 230,000 tiles. It was originally built in th… more →
The Gay Recluse
Most. Blatant. Rip. Off. Ever. II
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reposed wrote 6 months ago: Again this is too good… This actually might be way more blatant than the Up knock off I posted … more →
On the City Pattern Project: Stephansdom
Matthew Gallaway wrote 9 months ago: In which The Gay Recluse becomes increasingly obsessed with tiled rooftops.* According to Wikipedia, … more →
On Shallow Optimism: Special David Brooks and the Exurbs Edition
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 10 months ago: In which The Gay Recluse wonders why David Brooks is still in office. Ohai! We thought we’d pl … more →
On the Wahi Knockbusters Report: Why Did the City Tear Down Our Only Luxury Condominium Development?
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 10 months ago: In which The Gay Recluse remembers 2k6. In this weekend’s City Section of The Times, we learne … more →
On the Pittsburgh Signs Project: Through Its Signs, The City Is a Mystic Cosmos
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 11 months ago: In which The Gay Recluse reads a book of signs. One strange thing about growing up in Pittsburgh was … more →
On the City Pattern Project: Sometimes You Wanted To Be Blinded by the Timeless Silhouette of Clothes Slowly Drying in the Sun
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse considers a southern exposure. Admittedly, we have often cursed the apartme … more →
On Our Question to the Straights: Why Are 100 Percent of Our Single Female Friends (and 95 Percent of Those Who Are Married) So Disenchanted with Your Men?
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse has a “special comment” for the straights. We’re obviousl … more →
On Washington Heights Monopoly: Condominium for 573-575 West 161st, 577-579 a Mystery Excavation
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse provides an update on a beehive of activity at 573-579 West 161st Street. S … more →
On Our Own Method of Diluting the Homophobosphere
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse attempts to reconcile his traffic-whoring impulses with a desire to flee th … more →
On Washington Heights Monopoly: Hello, New Apartment Building at 573-575 West 161st Street
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse lives in an alternate reality. For a long time we’ve kept an eye on t … more →
On the Harlem Watch: City Planning Passes 125th Street Rezoning Plan
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse applauds the news of uptown development. Curbed has reported that the city … more →
On the Harlem Watch: Why Doesn't the Kalahari Mention Its Awesome Next Door Neighbor, The Head Shop?
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Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse poses a question to a condominium development in Harlem. Yesterday Curbed p … more →
On the Harlem Watch: A Response To Our 125th Street Post
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse agrees with a reader. As regular readers know, we recently took a field tri … more →
On the Harlem Watch: Why The City Should Rezone the Shit out of 125th Street
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse takes a field trip to Harlem and makes the case that the city should rezone … more →
On the Harlem Watch: City Room Craps Out Astoundingly Bad (and Factually Inaccurate) Propaganda Piece Devoted To Attorney Blowhard
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse reads the usually dependable City Room and says wtf. Yesterday City Room cr … more →
On Reader Comments: Real Estate in Washington Heights (or, WTF?)
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse responds (in italics) to reader comments. Dear The Gay Recluse: I also live … more →
On Washington Heights Knockbusters: Goodbye Rite Aid
Matthew Gallaway wrote 1 year ago: In which The Gay Recluse celebrates the demolition of an eyesore. Location: The intersection of Amst … more →
