tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post3748967879710023983..comments2024-03-28T16:06:42.424-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Construction enters awesome pile-driving phase at 438 E. 14th St.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36745997593505032712016-05-12T23:19:02.144-04:002016-05-12T23:19:02.144-04:00Henri Cervantes quoth:
and how is 14th Street eve...Henri Cervantes quoth:<br /><br /><i>and how is 14th Street even remotely near the actual neighborhood of the Lower East Side?</i><br /><br />Traditionally, the Lower East Side has been the neighborhood in NYC bordered by 14th street to the north, Canal Street to the south, Third Avenue to the west, and the East River to the east. There are now differing opinions of where it begins and ends, but one of my favorite quotes about it comes from Gail Parent in 1973, from <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/290487900?book_show_action=false" rel="nofollow">Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living In New York</a></i>: "The East Village is, face it New Yorkers, the Lower East Side."Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-27351724173629030542016-05-12T15:26:39.528-04:002016-05-12T15:26:39.528-04:00@Henri .... that whole area and down is part of th...@Henri .... that whole area and down is part of the LES... not LES proper in Real Estate maps..but it's always been called the LES if you want to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85773845776612770112016-05-12T14:34:21.840-04:002016-05-12T14:34:21.840-04:00Or as Steve Croman calls them: door knockersOr as Steve Croman calls them: door knockersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-991732054106348032016-05-12T13:23:21.936-04:002016-05-12T13:23:21.936-04:00WOOFWOOFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-41337039925118303782016-05-12T11:32:55.462-04:002016-05-12T11:32:55.462-04:00"LOWER EASTSIDE"?
is it not supposed to ..."LOWER EASTSIDE"?<br />is it not supposed to be "LOWER EAST SIDE"?<br />i've seen it both ways, but it doesn't look right.<br />and how is 14th Street even remotely near the actual neighborhood of the Lower East Side?<br />it's barely East Village, and it's almost Stuy Town.<br />Henri Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808880469262272061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56049277750639249442016-05-12T10:07:25.805-04:002016-05-12T10:07:25.805-04:00When the THREE pile drivers were at the constructi...When the THREE pile drivers were at the construction site one block east, between A and B, workers would start warming up the machines at 7:15am, well ahead of the 8:30am start for noise. Nothing like watching concentric rings forming in your cup of coffee after being woken up earlier than one likes on a day off. It felt like an invasion. Can't wait to experience that again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69607994150965253862016-05-12T09:28:50.930-04:002016-05-12T09:28:50.930-04:00Yellow?!? How festive, and not unlike the arrows i...Yellow?!? How festive, and not unlike the arrows in an earlier discussion, these go both ways! Too bad the building won't be nearly as attractive as they are... Gojiranoreply@blogger.com