tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post5428768955850806297..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Founder of the East Village History Project can no longer afford to live in the neighborhoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31187116750715671312008-12-27T22:26:00.000-05:002008-12-27T22:26:00.000-05:00I can't remember when I first heard the term 'East...I can't remember when I first heard the term 'East Village' but it had to be sometime in the '80s. I always thought of it as the Lower East Side but when the artists started moving in when it was primarily a Puerto Rican neighborhood, East Village became the label. And consequently, people now call the actual Village the West Village the actual Village, which seems even more recent. This past weekend I saw an official holiday sign recognizing Noho as an actual place and welcoming me to it. Names change, neighborhoods change, time marches on, I feel old. Or, to quote the Butthole Surfers, "God Dog Sex Death Life Now I'm Feeling Old."Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362859175287085919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-37806686595216036332008-12-26T14:27:00.000-05:002008-12-26T14:27:00.000-05:00Hi Mick,I'm not sure how much longer that I have l...Hi Mick,<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how much longer that I have left in the neighborhood...I have no plans to leave anytime soon...I have a humane landlord...and I still love living here (despite my grumblings!). So that's a good combination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73526109463296100882008-12-26T13:09:00.000-05:002008-12-26T13:09:00.000-05:00I left the neighborhood in 1998 when I had a strok...I left the neighborhood in 1998 when I had a stroke, had been living there since the '50s when we came to America. Went to school there, fell in and out of love there and thought, 'I certainly will croak here'. <BR/><BR/>Even when I traveled around the world or cross country my Lower East Side apartment was always in my family and I always came back to it...the rent was always so ridiculously low. <BR/><BR/>But since I've been away for over a decade, still recuperating from the stroke, I know I wouldn't really recognize it, the area would be so different, the stores and buildings, the people would be vastly changed...<BR/><BR/>I sigh and conclude 'Life goes on...' Yes, it does...<BR/><BR/>Grieve, how many years do you think you have left there? Hope that it lasts very long...but I have my doubts.<BR/><BR/>Take care, Mick<BR/><BR/>Mykola DementiukMykola Dementiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267125930152870083noreply@blogger.com