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A proverbial melting pot, the Lower East Side was originally formed by several immigrant communities ¿ Italians, Poles, Ukrainians and other groups. A large German population was formed a neighborhood called Little Germany.
A proverbial melting pot, the Lower East Side was originally formed by several immigrant communities ¿ Italians, Poles, Ukrainians and other groups. A large German population was formed a neighborhood called Little Germany.
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BBC America's 'Copper' takes on New York crime in the 1860s
It seemed like a good idea at the time: Convert an area in Lower Manhattan into a comfortable, racially integrated middle-class neighborhood as the city's population swelled, largely through European immigration. Things didn't turn out so well, though:...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Wars and Interventions, West Village, Franka Potente, Immigration
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Macy's Bar III hits the Rose Bowl flea market on Sunday
All The RageMacy's is taking its private-label Bar III brand on a cross-country jaunt to hip and happening flea markets, including the Rose Bowl flea market in Pasadena.... -
'Smash' recap: Broadway or bar mitzvah?
Show TrackerMazel Tov, Smashers! In a way, the Long Island bar mitzvah that took over way too many scenes of “Smash” last night is in its own way an apt metaphor for the show itself: in both there is a lot of insecure voice cracking and an awkward... -
Language, music and art: Santigold, Heems tackle urban experience
Pop & HissThe 11th annual Experience Music Project Pop Conference takes place this weekend in downtown Manhattan, drawing some 340 scholars, journalists, artists, and activists to pontificate and more than two thousand dedicated ears. It’s the event’s... -
Critic's Notebook: Steve Reich and Bang on a Can All-Stars
Pop & HissSteve Reich celebrates his 75th birthday by performing his landmark "Clapping Music," and offering a hard, distorted version of his recent "2x5."... -
Moby is leaking L.A.'s secrets on his new architecture blog
Culture MonsterMoby, an official Los Angeles resident as of December 2010, is now giving away our best secrets via his architecture blog, which he kicked off about a week ago.... -
One man's quest to heal a Connecticut city
Philip Kuchma brightens as he drives past a vacant lot in Bridgeport, Connecticut's most populated — and poorest — city.
"When you see open land like this, it's just such an opportunity," the longtime local developer said. "It could be used...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Banking, Adolf Hitler, General Electric Company
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'Boardwalk Empire' is back, with Kelly Macdonald at the forefront
Show Tracker“Boardwalk Empire” -- with its shady backroom politics, gangster showdowns and whorehouse rendezvous -- returns to HBO for its second season this Sunday. We met up with Macdonald at Gemma Restaurant on Manhattan’s Lower East Side... -
Cookbook Watch: 'The Meatball Shop Cookbook'
Daily DishCookbook Watch: The Meatball Shop Cookbook... -
Live review: KROQ's Weenie Roast stays true to itself and its acts
Pop & HissKROQ-FM (106.7) isn't known for curveballs in its well-cemented playlist of angsty '90s survivors and modern takes on SoCal punk. Even at Weenie Roast, its annual summer-heralding showcase of the station's mainstays and scrappier newcomers, a "surprise"... -
Jog your way around New York
Special to the Los Angeles TimesNew Yorkers are always on the run. Bankers rush from Wall Street to Midtown; harried shoppers tear through the narrow streets of NoLita and SoHo. Travelers may find it hard to keep up with the pace — unless they bring their running shoes and join...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Politics, Battery Park, SoHo, Greenwich Village
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The Reading Life: Gordon Matta-Clark's 'Conical Intersect'
Jacket CopyWhat was he up to? That's the question at the center of any consideration of Gordon Matta-Clark, an architecture student-turned-installation artist who died of cancer in 1978, when he was just 35. Matta-Clark doesn't have the name recognition of...
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