Hi, my name is Regina and I grew up in the Lower East Side. LES is a magical place. I think it's the only place where you can be poor and still have the time of your life. I remember living on 3 pizza slices a day, hanging out in Thomkin Square park, listening to congas, watching gutter punks cop drugs, and going to some weird parties. Please share your experiences in the Lower East Side.
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 7:47 AMIm not from Alphabet City, but my family was there eons ago. My grandfather was a founding parishioner at St Nicholas Carpathian Russian Orthodox Church at 10th and A. All but one of the significant family religious events took place there..my parents wedding, baptism of my sister and I, one of the granparents funerals. My aunt was born at 269 E10th. Ive performed at bdsm/fetish parties at the club at like 85 Ave A, just cant recall the name right now. And I started learning to spin poi in Tompkins Sq Park recently. Performed in burlesque shows at Parkside Lounge too. Best part about Alphabet City is you can dress like a freak and not stand out like a sore thumb. -
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 7:53 AMOpaline!~
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 9:42 AMDahling, thats all the East Village, not the LES. -
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 10:04 AMoh I know....but the tribe description is all inclusive..
"If you're from the Lower East Side, Alphabet City, or the East Village this tribe is for you. "
While I got your attention lemme ask..if someone had a tribe where people...Noo Yawkas, DCers, and oh...anyone...who have feelings stemming from 9/11 could come and talk and be supportive and even hang out and do the living thing...would ya be interested?
If I recall time frame, you were still on the left coast then. But you were *here* prior...Id imagine youd still have some emotional ties to Father Knickerbocker as the old residence. -
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 10:31 AMI was only in SF for a little less than a year. I was going over the Manhattan Bridge on a Q train that morning. My roommate was in the Deutsche Bank building, top floor.
Im sure being in your field you were affected more than most. I have my feelings, dealings and issues with the subject, however, I didnt watch any TV until 10pm that night, so I wasnt subjected to a lot of the horrific video and photos of what was going on. I also didnt lose anyone I know, even within three degrees of separation, so I dont feel the need so much to put a lot of focus on it. But Im sure youll find plenty of folks who are more than interested. :)
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Tue, October 5, 2004 - 10:42 AM<My roommate was in the Deutsche Bank building, top floor. >
oooooooooooh shit (um...they ok?)
<so I dont feel the need so much to put a lot of focus on it.>
okie doke :) I couldnt not ask. Couple of the other Burners are in there with us. I still feel like I need to be doing *something* for people since I missed the event by 24 hours. Survivor guilt is fun that way. If you know anyone out here who might benefit from it, please let them know.
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 6:32 AMthe park? That's not the LES. I live under Houston near Ludlow and all that....
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Wed, February 16, 2005 - 8:10 AM"the park? That's not the LES." The Lower East Side is my hometown. Everyone I grew up with considered the park part of LES. Where did you grow up?
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Wed, April 6, 2005 - 12:32 AMWhat up cutie? Im Will....Congrats on your marriage and upstate..You remember "save the robots"? and the store next to the post office on 3rd and b? You know Cookie from C and 12th.. What about pretty eyed earl, and noonie and angel.. You know them. How old are you? I live in Cali now, moved here a year ago. long story. I had madfun on the les. Too much fun.. I was there from 92 till last year.. Yo, you remember when that tank rolled down 12th st to evict the squatters? guilani was a motherfucker wasnt he? My time on the LES was bittersweet. Some of them people are up north now, some leftout, some are sick, some got kids, and I dont even wanna know what happened to that crazy bitch Sessi. I dont know you, but I do. Does that make sense? -
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Wed, April 6, 2005 - 6:39 AMOh my god! "Save the Robots". Yo I was up in there every night, because I lived across the street, Ave B, between 1st and 2nd st. You must know my brother, Jose, he use to rock braids, and hang out with the squatters, like this dude Jonathan with dreads. Dude I use to hang out in the squats also, the one between C and D, and 6th street. My friend Amy snow lived up in there. You be suprised how handy those squatters are. Outside the building look like shit, but when you went into the apartment Amy lived in, she live with this couple named Purple and i don't know the other person, but anyway, it was a phat crib. I can't recall knowing the people you mentioned except Angel, cause my brother and father are named Angel, but I'm sure we have crossed paths. -
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Wed, April 6, 2005 - 9:36 AMMy old roommate Edina used to be a door chick at Save the Robots.
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Tue, April 12, 2005 - 8:06 AMWhats up gina? Yeah Im sure we crossed paths before. Over the years I met and hung with a lot of different people so Im sure its likely. One of the things that stayed constant throughout it all though was pride. The people that were born and raised there were proud to belong to it, and the people that grew up and had lives there were proud to live there. Personally I was happy to leave because I had changed. I fought alot in the LES. From drugs to drunk kids to the frosting bitches to the stupid fuckin police in their dumb TNT Black Vans lookin for dealers, I wanted out. There was alot of despair there, but also a lot of joy. I loved my early years, and I really enjoyed watching my neighbor go from a newborn to a young lady. I do miss it a lot though. There was a spirit there that I wont find again. Certainly not in San Francisisco, but thats another story..
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My name is Abby...
Sat, March 31, 2007 - 11:15 AM...and I'm a LES/EV aholic!
I lived on 10th between First and A for five years and now I live on Avenue A and 4th...been there for, um, 14 years. I remember when Avenue A was sorta scary and going further east was for late night drug deals and wild after hours speakeasy type spots.
I wrote up Sidewalk as the Best People Watching (plus cheap pints of pink margaritas and pitchers of beer) for NY Press AGES ago.
I miss the way it used to be, but it's still the best neighborhood in Manhattan.
And Sidewalk is STILL the best people watching! I love to sit there for hours and hours, with friends stopping to say hello, people pulling up chairs until we take over half the outside space, listening to the foreign languages of tourists mingling with the cursing of the locals...about the tourists.
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Sun, April 1, 2007 - 10:23 AMBest place for people watching in whatever-the-fuck-people-are-calling-it-these-days: anywhere
Sidewalk: horrible place, never go. But I'm very glad it's still there.
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