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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week 

In this week’s edition:

The governor fighting to kill

A contaminated building site

The honesty of Bella Ramsey

The real Texas-Mexico border

Gambling for show

Find out why these stories should be your weekend reading here. 

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The Restaurants of New York by George S. Chappell. New York: Greenberg 1925, dust jacket illustrator unknown. Notice the ice tub in the lower left-hand corner, holding bottles that look very much like wine. This, of course, was during Prohibition.

George S. Chappell (1877-1946) was an architect, lecturer and editor who on the side also wrote humorous books under the nom-de-plume of Dr. Walter Traprock. This early guide is broken down by neighborhood and was the second book ever published solely devoted to describing the atmosphere and food at New York City restaurants. Not surprisingly, with the exception of the hotels that are still in existence that contain restaurants, not one of the establishments described in the book is in business today.

Text & photo: StuffNobodyCaresAbout

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Exactly

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August is the month of last chances, Nigel Van Wieck

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i love paintings that look as if they have ghosts in them

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You’re the enemy #voteblue

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But a cloth mask was too much http://dlvr.it/SnjzJr

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Kerry Callen

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please pretty please

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