July 2008
31 posts
“There is an Ocean down here!”
– the LowerWestside
Art Discovered on the LWS!
Upon exiting the 1 train on Rector St. (on my way to meet Moochi for a post-work pre-dinner cocktail) I stumbled upon a curious looking facade. Modern to say the least. Behind the set of glass doors looked to be a while tunnel with flat walls and rounded corners. The signs said 3LD Arts + Technology Center.
Later explorations took me to their website. It turns out 3LD is a LWS hotspot for...
INTERNETZ BUZZ ::: TR2N
This has no relationship to te LWS other than everyone living their and their dads should be psyched about TR2N.
WATCH HERE
From GIZMODO: It’s a tiny bootleg video, but I don’t care. You can see that the 3D looks amazing, the new lightcycles are stunning (and move like real bikes), the world and the whole mood is Batman-like dark. And Jeff Bridges… well, he is Jeff Bridges. What can I say, he...
WatchMusical Interlude, Songs of Summer Edition: Nice & Smooth “Sometimes I Rhyme Slow”
Take a Roman Holiday in the LowerWestside
Gooood morning blogosphere!!! Today’s weather offers high: 90°. Low: 67°. Chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms, 30%.
A 30% chance of thunderstorms is gonna have to do better to scare off the hundreds of peoples looking to take in a movie in the North Cove of Battery Park City! Trip Advisor (a website I’ve never used before) along with national charity Suitcases For Kids,...
The Park is Open (Well, Part of It)
I may be late on this breaking news, but an article from Wednesday’s NYTimes confirms that the Hudson River Park promenade in tRibECa is now open to the public:
“A nine-block section of Hudson River Park, skirting TriBeCa from Laight Street to King Street, opened to the public on Wednesday after a $16.3 million reconstruction. The Hudson River Park Trust, the city-state corporation in...
So Far So Good
As lowerwestsidenyc.com crawls towards it’s two-week birthday. Me and the staff here (Moochi, two housewarming plants, and the occasional bird that flies by the window) are left to try to wrap ourselves around what this website has been and where it could go. That sounds like a dramatic statement. How about this one:
“People of the Internet. This morning, I type to you not as a...
WatchJenny Holzer’s Permanent Exhibition at Seven World Trade
It Happened Last Night
Were those fireworks? Lighting? Both? Last night saw a little bit of everything. Everything except the inside of the Ritz Carton Rise Bar, but I digress.
Guys night out brought us to Merchants (90 Washington @ Rector) on the recommendation by JA, a lawyer at one of the City’s LWS law firms. You get the impression there that it’s a popular lunch spot and with its abundance of outdoor...
“the weather is different down here”
– lowerwestsidenyc.com
Out of the LWS and in to the Frying Pan
As the scope of this blog becomes more defined with every post, I’d like to extend the realm of coverage here to include things-people-events-pets-shows-restaurants-bars-music-movies-thoughts that don’t necessarily exist between Chambers St and the Ocean, but can be directly related to it.
Exhibit A: The Frying Pan
The Editorial Review from Citysearch reads as follows: ”A...
a LWS Weekend Starts Today!
TO THE WEEKEND:
Your summer Friday should give you ample options for doing one thing this weekend: SEEING BATMAN
I present to you one of the crown jewels of the LowerWestside- Regal Battery Park Stadium 11. High above the boats below you’ll experience a New York City movie experience that’s rivaled only by your hometown mall theater. Stadium seating, amazing sound, fresh-popped pop...
Me: I'm trying to decide which is more of a luxury: Biking to work in 90˚ heat or taking the subway?
Papa Moochi: Not sure which is worse, biking in the summer or taking the subway, but, you probably need a helmet for both.
Is This Going to Be a Blog Where You Write About...
no… yes… NOOOoooo…
I’ll be staying on topic here- the glory of Manhattan’s Lower Westside. As with all these little entries before they hit your eyeballs, I think about my daily to-and-frow and wonder how the neighborhood in which I live effects my life. You do the same thing… minus the self-indulging blog.
Case in point. Below, you’ll find a picture of...
“Not better than you. Just below you.”
– The LowerWestside
It's 7:45PM. Do You Know Where YOUR Free Concert...
http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/events
the Second Post (Over the One Post-Hump)
Does a video or a picture count as a “post” here in the blogosphere? the Lowerwestside tumblog is picking up steam… wait, OK maybe that’s just all in my head. Clearly if you’re reading this, at some point this pass weekend you heard the words “Oh yeah and I started a blog.”
I don’t want to make these entries about my blogging experience as much as...
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nyc.everyblock.com →
who knew? this site is a block by block resource of neighborhood knowledge. You can learn about everything from what building violations have been issued to restaurant inspections.
the LowerWest Siiiiiiiiide
Me- Creative professional who, along with my fiancée the future Mrs. Creative Professional, have recently torn ourselves out of the East Village and replanted down in the LWS.
You- A friend who I’ve told to come and read this, or a new friend who wants to know more about this downtown sliver of suburbia.
Why Read On? You’ve already read your Twains, Fitzgeralds, Rands, Jacobs,...
