There’s a strange part of town that’s in the middle of everywhere. In the 1990s it was the counterfeit garment district; and not just clothing, but it’s where they made the knock-off Gucci and Louis Vuitton bags until even that “industry” moved overseas. Today the area is a bizarre amalgam of third rate retailers, “wholesalers to the public,” and […]
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Why the West Side is Different
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Dec
Dec
The west side and the east side are frequently sized up against each other, and it’s often the residents themselves who are the first to point out the defining personality traits—the “energies” if you will—of the two parts of town. The conventional wisdom holds that the east side is younger, more bustling and vibrant; the […]
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Nov
Nov
My first post is a simple interesting one. I had just read Alone Together: A History of New York’s Early Apartments and had the book with me when I skated over to the site of the old Broadway Central Hotel (the west side of Broadway just north of the Bond Street intersection). It was built in 1871 […]