ABSTRACT-

ONCE UPON A TIME – NOT TERRIBLY LONG AGO- THE VILLAGE WASN’T A PLACE YOU WANTED TO TAKE YOUR KIDS. THE PARKS WERE RATTY AND DIRTY, AND THE BOUTIQUES RAN MORE TO BONGS THAN STUFF FOR THE BARNEY SET. BUT TIME, CREEPING GENTRIFICATION AND A TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT FROM THE NEW 42ND STREET HAS CHANGED THE VILLAGE, EAST AND WEST.

WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK

TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK

FIRST PARK

EAST RIVER PARK

BOWLMORE LANES

OUR NAME IS MUD

PEANUT BUTTER AND JANE

POP SHOP

TOY BOX

TWO BOOTS