Reporting Notes: Lower East Side

Night life in the Lower East Side is very lively. Ludlow Street, Orchard and Rivington quickly fill on weekend nights with young, trendy folk that don’t clear out until the early hours of the morning. With a variety of bars, the selection in the Lower East Side is hardly limited. Some places include Max Fish, Cake Shop, and Fat Baby. Playful names and decor keep the area fresh and young. I plan on looking into how this loud night life affects the older residents of the Lower East Side next time I come around.

Reporter’s Notes: Allerton-Pelham Gardens

Over this past weekend, my friends and I decided to visit a haunted house for Halloween. The haunted house was located in Rye Playhand, which is technically not my neighborhood, but it is about 20 mins from my house on interstate 95. However, while on my way driving to the haunted house, I noticed a trunk in front of me with the word “Nicosia’s” in front of me for a good duration of the ride. The name seemed familiar but I could not place where I had seen it before until returning back to my neighborhood an hour later. The name “Nicosia’s” belongs to a local bakery in my neighborhood. I always thought it was on the verge of closing down because it seemed so empty in the store. As a I child I used to buy breakfast sandwiches from there, until a store opened up next door with more variety and lower prices. I guess my lack of returning didn’t affect the business because they are still open to this very day. If I had seen this truck a week prior to this, it might have been the topic for my small business story. I do wonder how far the truck was going, because as I got of the exit for Rye Playland, the Nicosia’s truck continued to speed down the interstate.