My favorite area in all of Manhattan–The East Village & more specifically the street St. Mark’s Place. The lovely little homey counter-culture hub. I feel very lucky that I happen to work just a short walking distance away.
St. Mark’s is absent of a lot of things you think of when commercial Manhattan comes to mind. No big chain stores, no fancy restaurants, etc. They just recently put a new 7-11 on the street, and people aren’t too happy about it. It sticks out like a sore thumb.
On my way to St. Mark’s, sometimes I stop at the bookshop on 3rd ave. I was excited to find they carry local zines! I stopped in right after New Year’s and saw that they also had the planner i’ve been using for the past couple years. It’s great to be able to pick it up locally instead of ordering online.
relatively untouched is what draws me there. ♥
St. Mark’s is one of my favorite places to go walking through and browsing through the shops. :)
Awww, this is awesome! It looks like such an amazing place to hang out and wander around.
Amie Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 12:30 pm
You would love it, I think!
I use to hang out on St Marks all the time back in the late 80s/early 90s. Now whenever I’m in the Village I avoid this street because I see it differently lol! Happy to see Trash & Vaudville and The Sock Man still there but I miss Coney Island High and some of the small shops where I use to buy my band t-shirts. Glad you can still enjoy it and appreciate it. :)
Amie Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 12:29 pm
heh totally understand how you would feel about it!! So neat you got to experience the ‘old’ village. Very jealous :)
looks like my kind of neighborhood.