Now We'll Never Know When Steve Buscemi Throws Away Hats

Oh no. One of the Internet’s most wonderful things is closing up shop: “This morning I received a nice e-mail from Lucian Buscemi, Steve’s son, asking me to discontinue the blog. While the notion of going all V for Vendetta on Park Slope’s ass has its appeal, I don’t want to be slinking around the neighborhood taking pictures in defiance of the Buscemi family’s express wishes. I always said I would honor any request from Steve to stop documenting the activity on his stoop, and this is close enough. Accordingly, this blog is officially discontinued.” What’s On Steve Buscemi’s Stoop was a masterpiece, a commentary on fame, on the impossibility of knowing others, and on the many wacky mysteries of New York City. While closing it down upon request is surely the right thing to do, we are all poorer for its death.