THE LIGHT OF NEW YORK

   IMAGES OF MANHATTAN

For many immigrant generations this low-rent landing place was the corner of Manhattan where their American adventure began. 

Today, the Lower East Side and East Village buzz with an unthreatening bohemian energy, offering some of the city's finest bars and indie boutiques – it's an open-air playground for those willing to tolerate (or attracted to) the area's vestigial grime.

– Lonely Planet