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amother
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 Mon, Jan 01 2024, 2:22 pm
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I haven't lived on the Lower east side in over 40 years- I have to pass through the area- are there still frum clothing stores there and kosher food stores?
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amother
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Mon, Jan 01 2024, 2:30 pm
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No there really isn't anything there.
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jd1212
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Mon, Jan 01 2024, 4:24 pm
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Miss Finch NYC is near Penn Station I believe- only Jewish clothing store I’ve heard of in Manhattan and it’s new. They have a website I’ve seen ads for
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amother
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Mon, Jan 01 2024, 4:28 pm
I remember being taken to Orchard Street as a child.
There is a wonderful scene in a Herman Wouk book in which an even earlier "sale" on Orchard Street for his first suit as a BM boy.
But Orchard Street is now all hipster bars and restaurants :-).
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amother
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Mon, Jan 01 2024, 4:30 pm
I sometimes feel that way too but then think that for the same reason I don't live there anymore I should be happy that fewer people do too. If I don't want to live there anymore why should I want anyone else to? If the LES was such a wonderful place for frum families there would a larger number of them there. So would the amenities.
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amother
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Mon, Jan 01 2024, 4:39 pm
| amother Maple wrote: | | I sometimes feel that way too but then think that for the same reason I don't live there anymore I should be happy that fewer people do too. If I don't want to live there anymore why should I want anyone else to? If the LES was such a wonderful place for frum families there would a larger number of them there. So would the amenities. |
It actually is a wonderful place to live for frum families. The main reason the community has gotten so small is the very high housing costs. Many people want a house and backyard if they are spending that much money. The stores were dealing with very high rents and a dwindling customer base and over time things closed down.
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amother
Valerian
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Mon, Jan 01 2024, 5:33 pm
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I still miss living on the LES. I think it was a wonderful place to grow up.
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