In my previous post on the Lower East Side, I called Little Italy’s current status as an independent area questionable (I had earlier entered ”laughable” but thought twice about it, and now I’m thinking of it a third time). That sentiment isn’t original to me. If you saw one of the very last episodes of “The Sopranos”, there [...]
Archive for August 2007
Ankling through Little Italy
August 31, 2007The Lower East Side and mighty good pickles
August 30, 2007As good/wonderous/cool/interesting/artistic/gritty that the Lower East Side’s Rivington Street and Ludlow Street are; in my book, the real street in LES is Orchard Street. Ya wanna see Orchard St? Go a bit further south than the Rivington St and Ludlow St area and cross Delancey St. Physically and interesting-wise, Orchard actually parallels Ludlow St., but below Delancey, there’s no contest. [...]
Leona Helmsley redux
August 29, 2007After Leona Helmsley died, I did a post and mentioned that at least her will wouldn’t be contested with the same vigor and rancor that Brooke Astor’s appears to be gearing up to. I may be wrong. Very, very wrong. If you haven’t heard, Leona left $12 million to her dog, zillions to her charitable [...]
Too long without a Harlem post?
August 29, 2007Looking through some of my old pictures, I spotted one that I can’t believe I didn’t include. Hey, in this case it gets its own post. In my second visit to Harlem, I was just wandering around Lenox Avenue and spotted an awning with the world’s strangest slogan. “Where beauty softens your grief.” The first [...]
Wandering the Lower East Side (LES)
August 28, 2007The Lower East Side is an old staple of mine. I started visiting it well over a year ago and, until I started ankling my way around Harlem, I considered it the coolest part of Manhattan. Despite Harlem’s cool status (and my somewhat dampened love of that place), LES is still cool. It is also so all-over-the-place [...]
