Tag: Lower East Side

LES from Ibra Ake on Vimeo. Memories of NYC in Childish Gambino’s latest music video for his single “LES”.

Jim Power and the Mosaic Trail from Etsy on Vimeo. Wow, what an amazing story. I’ve always wondered who was behind these mosaic poles around the LES. If you want a brief history of how the LES has changed in 25 years, this video is good for that too.

Down Orchard Street (Official Documentary Trailer) from C.K. Dexter Haven on Vimeo. In case I forget what it’s like on the Lower East Side, this documentary will always remind me. It’s a crazy place.

Down Orchard Street (Official Documentary Trailer) from C.K. Dexter Haven on Vimeo. In case I forget what it’s like on the Lower East Side, this documentary will always remind me. It’s a crazy place.

ANIMALNY has dug up some video gold with this video footage of Manhattan’s Lower East Side in its more exciting days — namely, the year 1983 near 11th Street and Avenue B. The film was made by Marie Martine.

low-line-park

If this proposed project ever gets approved by the MTA it will be crazier than The High Line Park and much more exciting to venture into I think. In an effort to revitalize the LES, architect James Ramsey and Dan Barasch of PopTech and R. Boykin Curry IV are trying to get an abandoned train [...]