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Lower East Side
WHEREFORE ART THOU?
‘FREE ANNA DELVEY!’
GRIT & GLAMOUR
Todd Haynes’ documentary on the pioneering ‘60s/’70s Lower East Side band, led by Lou Reed and John Cale (with a touch of Andy Warhol), magically transports you back in time.
Sound of Silence
The SideWalk Café on New York City's Lower East Side is a treasured gnarly hang-out and performance space humming with old school Lower East Side attitude. And it just got sold.
How Jerry Became Joey And Hassan
Jack Kerouac made a character of him; Allen Ginsberg a roommate. And Miles Davis was just one of the musicians who used him as a driver and drug hook-up.
Gritty
If the streets of the late ’70s NYC’s East Village were brutal, its arts scene was vibrant. MoMA’s show, featuring Keith Haring and ‘Bikini Girl,’ is a time-travel treat.
Futures
The virtual currency continues its bid for world domination with an art exhibition in Downtown Manhattan.
STYLISH SERVICE
At these New York restaurants, there is a very good chance that the person who waits on you will be the best dressed man in the dining room.
Man of Substance
Popular male model Franco Noriega looks like he arrived from the planet of the beautiful people, but he thinks modeling is a shallow way to live. So he started a restaurant.