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Probably two thousand years ago, my grandparents moved their family from the crowded, noisy Lower East Side up to a steam heated apartment in the South Bronx. The South Bronx went through some hard times, but it has been recovering. Realtors call it SoBro, but it is not the new SoHo. The Lower East Side too went through some hard times, but it has been reviving nicely as a new trendy neighborhood.

Some stalwarts, like Katz's and Russ and Daughters are still there, along with some clothing shops from back in the day when everyone worked in a sweatshop or sold clothing from a small shop or pushcart. Amazingly, Katz's seems unchanged from the 1960s, and back then one was sure that those salamis were getting sent through a time warp to our boys at Anzio or on Corregidor. The sandwiches are as good as ever. Go for the pastrami. It's a work of art.


Katz's unreconstructed

A touch of the old neighborhood

The streets were once lined with clothing like this

One of those big city conveniences one doesn't realize one needs until 2AM one morning

Pop up stores are an industry in the area

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