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The Paths of Resistance
By Jeremy | September 14, 2007
FOR a long time the East Village was an urban frontier. The upper half of the Lower East Side, stretching from Houston Street north to 14th Street, and from Third Avenue and the Bowery to the East River, it was a toehold in America for generations of new immigrants  Irish, German, Jewish, Ukrainian, Puerto Rican and others  and a magnet for artists, bohemians, radicals and reformers. It has often been ravaged by grueling poverty and neglect. But it was also an area of intense cultural activity that changed the world. Beginning in the 1980s and accelerating in the 2000s, new waves of affluent “immigrants†came to tame the frontier. ... “A lot of artists did important work in the East Village,†Mr. Patterson said. “They were here because they could afford to live and work here. They can’t anymore. Now it’s the American Montmartre. Tourists come to see where that culture was.â€ÂArticle. Via: John Liotti. If possible, take ten minutes to watch the accompanying video (10 mins) to get a great feel for the history.
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