Yes, the LES began changing in the early to mid 90s. My dad had a bar on 9th between 1st and A, which came in very handy for my underage drinking back in like '88, not that it was too hard to get into other places in those days.

There was Alcatraz, the Pyramid, the Lismar Lounge, Nightingales, Downtown Beirut. Great music and good times. Polish coffee shops where you could eat like a pig for $5.


That NY is gone, replaced by a yuppie Disneyland for wankers from Nebraska. The kids that live there now would shit themselves if they had to cross tompkins square park circa 1988.


Now get off my lawn! *shakes cane*