Our Changing City: Lost New York City Institutions [Urban Anthropology]

We got all riled up with today's earlier news, the imminent closing of classic Meatpacking eatery/hangout Florent. Longing for a golden age that never existed is just a trick that our elders use to make themselves think that the time they came up in was the one of true authenticity. But we can't help but notice the sheer volume of New York City institutionsâ€"from bars to oddities to restaurants to vice emporiumsâ€"that have closed over a short amount of time. Here's a gallery featuring as many a