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Loisaida mural by local artist Antonio Garcia, aka "Chico".
Loisaida mural by local artist Antonio Garcia, aka "Chico".

Loisaida is a term derived from the Hispanic (and especially Puerto Rican) pronunciation of "Lower East Side", a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. Loisaida Avenue is now an alternate name for Avenue C in the Alphabet City neighborhood of New York City, whose population has largely been Hispanic (mainly Puerto Rican) since the late 1960s. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x206, 52 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x206, 52 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish Hispano, from Latin Hispānus, adjective from Hispānia, Iberian Peninsula) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. ... Mural on Orchard Street and Houston Street by artist Marco The Lower East Side is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Alphabet City, formerly considered a slum, is now a trendy part of the East Village in lower Manhattan, New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish Hispano, from Latin Hispānus, adjective from Hispānia, Iberian Peninsula) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...


Historical context of Loisaida

Today, there is much dispute over the borders of the Lower East Side, Alphabet City, and the East Village. Historically, Manhattan's Lower East Side stretched from the East River at the southern end to 14th Street at the northern end, bound on the east by the river and on the west by First Avenue. It was originally comprised of Jewish, Irish, and Italian working-class residents who lived in tenements, without running water; it was also the red-light district of Manhattan. East Village Also known as Newmyers Seven Nuts, named for its inventor Chris Newmyer, East Village is a community card poker game. ... Categories: Manhattan neighborhoods | Stub ... New York City waterways: 1. ... 14th Street looking west from Fifth Avenue 14th Street is an important east-west thoroughfare in Manhattan in New York City. ... First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound for over 125 blocks before terminating at the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx at the Harlem River near East 127th Street. ... This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ... A red brick apartment block in central London, England, on the north bank of the Thames An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). ... The De Wallen red-light district in Amsterdam A red-light district is a neighborhoooood where prostitution and other businesses in the sex industry flourish. ...


Neighborhood in transition

Old vs. New: Homeless man walks past trendy sidewalk bar on Avenue C.
Old vs. New: Homeless man walks past trendy sidewalk bar on Avenue C.
Loisaida street fair sponsored by the Iglesia Pentecostal.
Loisaida street fair sponsored by the Iglesia Pentecostal.
Self-esteem boosting murals dot Loisaida, this one by Chico.
Self-esteem boosting murals dot Loisaida, this one by Chico.

Since the 1940s the demographic has changed markedly several times: the addition of the large labor-backed Stuyvesant Town / Peter Cooper Village housing projects after World War II at the northern end added a lower-middle to middle-class element to the area, which contributed to the eventual gentrification of the area in the 21st century; the construction of large government housing projects south and east of those and the growing Latino population transformed a large swath of the neighborhood into a Latin one until the late 1990s, when low rents outweighed high crime rates and large numbers of artists and students moved to the area. Manhattan's growing Chinatown has expanded into the southern portions LES. Still now, with crime rates low, the area is a hipster mecca and is quickly becoming further gentrified. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 108 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 108 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 109 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 109 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 89 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 89 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... View of central Manhattan from Stuyvesant Town. ... Peter Cooper Village is a residential development on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. ... A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Gentrification, or more specifically urban gentrification, is a process in which low-cost, physically deteriorated neighborhoods experience physical renovation and an increase in property values, along with an influx of wealthier residents who typically replace the prior residents. ... A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ... A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that considers itself hip. ...

A young death mourned by his father on the walls of Loisaida.
A young death mourned by his father on the walls of Loisaida.

The borders of the "Lower East Side" differ from its historical ones in that Houston Street is now considered the northern edge, and the area north of that between Houston Street and 14th Street is considered Alphabet City. But, because the Alphabet City term is largely a relic of a high-crime era, most Anglophone residents prefer to refer to Alphabet City as part of the East Village — despite the fact that the East Village is historically only the area west of Tompkins Square Park on and around St. Mark's Place — while Spanish-speaking residents continue to refer to the former Alphabet City as Loisaida. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 133 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (820x615, 133 KB) The author of this photo is me, David Shankbone. ... Houston Street looking east, from The Bowery Houston Street looking west, from The Bowery Houston Street (pronounced ) is a major east-west thoroughfare in downtown New York City. ... Tompkins Square Park is a 10. ... Tribute in Light as viewed from St. ...


References

  • Michael Gold, Jews Without Money.
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The Manhattan Community Board 7 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, and Lincoln Square in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 8 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Upper East Side, LenoxHill, Yorkville, and Roosevelt Island in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 9 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, and Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan. ... The Manhattan Community Board 10 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Harlem and Polo Grounds in the borough of Manhattan. ... 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The Bowery is a well-known street in Manhattan that more or less marks the boundary between Chinatown and Little Italy on one side and the Lower East Side on the other—running from Chatham Square in the south to Astor Place in the north. ... Carnegie Hill is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ... Elegant building along 23rd street. ... A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ... New York City Hall Civic Center is a neighborhood in downtown Manhattan covering the area around New York City Hall. ... Columbus Circle Columbus Circle is a major landmark and point of attraction in New York City. ... View of Grand Street showing 26 years of cooperative development: Amalgamated Dwellings (1930) in the foreground with two of the Hillman Housing buildings (1947-50) behind it. ... 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Food vendors line the streets of Little Italy. ... LOHO (an acronym for Lower Houston Street) is the name of a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Mural on Orchard Street and Houston Street by artist Marco The Lower East Side is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Lower Manhattan skyline as viewed from the Staten Island Ferry Woolworth Building, looking south along Broadway Lower Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge, 2005 Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. ... Madison Square, 1908. ... 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Encyclopedia: Loisaida (1056 words)
By the middle of the 20th Century, Alphabet City was transitioning again, as thousands of Puerto Ricans began to settle in the neighborhood.
A number of important Nuyorican intellectuals, poets and artists called Loisaida home during the 1960s, 70s and 80s including Miguel Algarin and Miguel Piñero.
The Nuyorican Movement is an intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Ricans or of Puerto Rican descent and who live in New York and call themselves or are known as Nuyoricans.
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