LES Troll Museum by Appointment Only
Famous for: overcrowded tenements, immigrants, landlord negligence, giant rats, sweatshops, protests, synagogues, bars, drugs, pickles, knishes, salami, rapid gentrification, overflowing garbage and noise
Overview: The Lower East Side is a neighborhood in Manhattan. As the name suggests, it is on the lower east side of Manhattan. It is not at the bottom of Manhattan because then [...]
NYC East Village is Being Played Out Big Time
The East Village spans from the north side of Houston Street to the south side of 14th and runs from Broadway to the East River. The EV can be broken down into 6 regions – Cooper Union, St. Marks Church, Tompkins Square, the Bowery, Alphabet City and FDR drive. Each region could have its own [...]
NYC: The Epicenter of the Planet
NYC Demographics – Population – 12,000,000 in NYC proper 2.5 million in Manhattan. The island is quite small at 13 miles long and 2.5 miles wide.
Parts of Town – NYC is made up of 5 boroughs – Queens, Staten Island, The Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan. Manhattan is broken into about 10 areas. I’ve listed them [...]