Carlos tours and shares a brief history in the east village and the lower east side NYC in the 70's

A tour of downtown lower manhattan 38,40 and 42 rivington street, allen st, filmore east, bowery earth day, Sri Prabhupada, Krisna and jimi hendrix jadis allen street Eldridge and Forsyth, Two blocks south of Houston street bowery street cbgb's east village hells angels st marks place east village NYC gangsters Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel,Meyer Lansky, Al "Scarface" Capone, and Charles "Lucky" Luciano Barbers Tale

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[supertrouper]

I grew up on Forsyth St Chinatown. I was told that in the 80s, the street was not completely part of Chinatown yet it was the borderline of Chinatown and Latino/Jewish community. As a child I heard gunshots sometimes at night and I would get scared. when my parents first immigrated from China during the early 80s, the street was a mess. drugs, shooting and robberies, especially the Chinese were getting robbed a lot.

[aarfeld]

@ioriorioriorio: Yea, I thought I was pretty clear in describing the past, not the present in the East Village--though, I had friends who were squatting in abandoned buildings around Tompkin Square Park as recently as the '80s. Those days are now gone indeed in this rising chi-chi neighborhood.

[ioriorioriorio]

@aarfeld You kiddin???/ hasn't been like the brother is saying since the mid '70's...those were the days. baby...now its either the poor on ave d., or some lame- ass 25 yr old finance guy and his phony girlfriend!! Those days are gone FOR GOOD.

[GimmeKitty]

Dude, true dat!

Thanks so much for this ... I feel nostalgic for the NYC I used to really know, in the mid-70's.

[DiazDigital]

Wow! Really great stuff! Thank you for the information and the trip back in time.

I look forward to you sharing more about your life and experiences the city. Be well.

[hethandjed]

This is such a sweet homage to your roots man. Your talking about a really incredible time in New York history.

[aarfeld]

Ah, the Fillmore East--sacred ground, there.

[aarfeld]

There are a lot of very old buildings on the Lower East Side and East Village and it has long been a neglected part of the city. But now, particularlly the East Village, is well on its way toward becoming the next Tribeca--in other words, a very hip and expensive neighborhood.

[charj67]

Wow!! No bathrooms in the apartments. In "New York". That sounds like someplace in rural Mississippi during those times. I had always thought the northern cities were more sophisticated. Even in the sixties. Oh well...guess I was wrong.