Here's a brief video on youtube that sets the record straight on Houston Street, and a couple of strong letters about the loss of history and community that recently appeared in Chelsea Now and the NY Times respectively, all from LES locals:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1bi6oyUEWU
http://chelseanow.com/cn_67/letterstotheeditor.html
(scroll down)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0D81F3BF935A35752C0A96E9C8B63">
We can rebuild, after all this is over, after our economy collapses. A few dedicated citizens can, in time, tear down these monuments to greed and American anonymity and rebuild what was lost. That is, I can only hope.
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