Streets By Air Ep 03 - Lower East Side, Manhattan

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : In this outstanding drone video by AirVuz contributor AEROCINE, you'll be taken on an aerial tour of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood is informally designed as the area east of the Bowery and bounded on the north and south by Houston and Canal Streets, respectively. Although the neighborhood became heavily gentrfied in the 2000's, during the great immigration waves of the late 19th century and early 20th century it became home to countless Europeans who emigrated to the USA during that time.

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Today we take you on a fly-along to view the eclecticism of one of the oldest neighborhoods of the city, the #LowerEastSide of #Manhattan. In the late 19th/early 20th centuries, a large portion of European immigrants came to NYC (primarily Eastern European Jews, Italians, Hungarians, Romanians, Poles, etc.) settling in the LES, moving into packed-out tenement houses. It is still widely recognized as a hub for many Jewish beginnings in this country, producing notable performers like Eddie Cantor, the Marx Brothers, Al Jolson, the Gershwins, and Irving Berlin. To this day you can still see synagogues, Yeshivas, and old-school Kosher delis like Katz's on Ludlow street. In the mid-1900s, a large number of Puerto Rican immigrants moved to the area, creating an ethnic enclave of Latinos in the area. Many of these residents still endearingly refer to the LES as "Loisaida" 🇵🇷 By the 1980s, the LES had once again began to attract students, artists and "adventurous members of the middle class", as well as immigrants from countries such as Bangladesh, the D.R., Japan, China, and Poland. Notable music venues like CBGB, Mercury Lounge, and the Bowery Ballroom began to surface as punk bands and other musicians alike began creating scenes across the neighborhood. In the early 2000s, gentrification spread to the Lower East Side, making it one of the trendiest neighborhoods in Manhattan. As the neighborhood continues to gentrify today and has become safer at night, it has become a popular late-night destination. The streets have become incredibly packed, and the resulting noise is a cause of tension between bar owners and longtime residents. Luxury condos, towering hotels, and trendy eateries, show us that this new development cycle is entering a high-luxury phase similar to SoHo and Nolita. More recently, the gentrification that was previously confined to north of Delancey Street has continued south. The old world of the LES stands tall and proud. The new age of LES extends it's progress upward and filled with youthful, artistic expression. Can both worlds survive? We have yet to see, but if there's one thing that stands true, it's that the Lower East Side survives.