Post #286858 by TikiGardener on Mon, Feb 19, 2007 9:23 PM

I remember visiting NYC in about '88. I stayed in the NYU dorms on tenth and broadway. When I told my friend I was going over to St Marks, they emphatically told me not to go beyond 1st avenue. A venture into alphabet city was strongly suggested as a one way ticket to trouble. Then I moved there in 91 and lived on 5th between A an B. Moved there a day after they shut down Tompkins.

I left in 2001. Just before that I heard Britney Spears had a loft on Ave C. I knew it was over. The Mallification of NYC is tragic. While it was good when certaing thngs like Whole Foods showed all of those crappy ass NYC grocery stores like Key Food what a grocery store should look and SMELL like, its just gone too far. I remember the Key Food on Avenue A smelling like rotting dead animals and no one seemed to notice....

Good times...