tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570862.post2377362373530974967..comments2024-01-27T12:21:56.954-05:00Comments on Manhattan Street Project: Alphabet City, Avenue A Between 4th and 5th StreetsMary Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741150497000742980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570862.post-72180668963631356862008-09-21T08:57:00.000-04:002008-09-21T08:57:00.000-04:00I don't know the answer to your questions, but I w...I don't know the answer to your questions, but I would like to take a guess (which means I have an opinion about it):<BR/><BR/>When I lived on E. 11th between A and B, in 1962-64, I knew nothing of Alphebets or even East Village, and I just thought I lived on the Lower East Side, and it was dangerous to even go toward C--cause B was bad enough.<BR/><BR/>However, it was also the time when strange and enthralling stuff was moving its way East across 8th Street, and places like The Dom were becoming trendy.<BR/><BR/>I left the City, and when I came back in 1967, happily living in the West Village, the East Village had been established, and the flower children lived in Tompkins Square Park, and it's even possible that Alphebet City had been named, although I don't think I heard it called that for many years, but what did I, a West Village Resident, know...?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, my guess is late 60s, early 70s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29570862.post-12597980399443561802008-09-21T05:16:00.000-04:002008-09-21T05:16:00.000-04:00More bicyclers than I associate with New York.More bicyclers than I associate with New York.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com