The Lamer East Side

The Lamer East Side Remember when the LES was affordable and cool? When NYC was? Share pix, articles & what not here of a bygone era, before the onslaught of Lamene$$ ensued. R.I.P.

Remember when the LES was cool? When it was AFFORDABLE? When NYC was for that matter? I still live on the LES but it's now one Godawful Luxury Hotel Frat House thanks to Bloomberg, a Dizzyland Resort for wealthy Bridge & Tunnel Upper East/West Siders, tourists and wannabes on weekends AND weekdays. Todays LES makes the 90's blech of Bleecker St. look cool in comparison, as ALL originality has been

driven out. Hell, the Velvets are rolling in their graves alongside George Burns, & they're not (all) even dead yet (RIP Sterling and Lou). I mean Max Fish was forced to move, and (fill in the blank) is gone, and (yada yada) has left an so on and so on and so on... need I say more? There goes the neighborhood as they say, and perhaps the only area that was truly left of when NYC rocked. As for NYC as a whole? Yup. the whole stinkin' lot now... stinks. So, what are we doing here? Well, I don't know about you, but this here page is a place to share pix, articles, remembrances, what have you of a bygone era... when the Lower East Side, and NYC as a whole, wasn't so friggin' lame. Before the onslaught of Lamene$$ ensued there was a sublime, affordable cool called the Lower East Side in New York City. Let's remember that here & call out the crap that's replaced it.

08/25/2020
But the rents are still too damn high.
08/14/2020

But the rents are still too damn high.

Many New Yorkers have been fleeing the city since the pandemic first began, and now there are some hard numbers to back that up. According to a report by CNBC, there are now over 13,000 empty apartments in Manhattan, double since last year. July and August are usually the most popular months for Man...

In many ways, good riddance.
08/14/2020

In many ways, good riddance.

Some national chains, both retail and restaurants, are closing outlets in New York City, which are struggling more than their branches elsewhere.

07/28/2020

It is with heavy heart that I report the permanent closure of Chumley’s bar, an NYC institution, just months shy of its centennial anniversary. Chumleys’s is just the latest in a series of business…

07/26/2020

A third of the city’s 230,000 small business may never reopen, according to a grim new report by a leading industry group. The Partnership for New York City released the post-pandemic response plan…

Another victim of the Pandemic
07/16/2020

Another victim of the Pandemic

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