orchard street, lower east side - map it here [L]
Last week, before the expedition to Williamsburg in Brooklyn, I took a few pictures in the Lower East Side. I have to go back and explore more! This is an area I visit rarely. Except for Pickle Day, of course.
To learn more about the Lower East Side (LES), take a tour on the website of the Lower East Side (LES) Improvement District:
"Historically characterized by tenements and pushcarts, Orchard Street got its fame more than 200 years ago, when families squeezed into the tall, cramped buildings that filled lower Manhattan. Industrious immigrants became the Lower East Side business owners as they hit the streets, selling their wares from potato sacks to the thousands of local shoppers. Successful business owners expanded their inventory, purchased pushcarts - and eventually storefronts, making Orchard Street one of the busiest commercial districts in the world."
1 comments:
We visited the Tenement Museum a couple summers ago - how fascinating. I used to visit that neighborhood in the 1970s - how funny that it is hip now.
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