12.12.2003

"Note to every hipster on the Lower East Side: evacuate now." -- The excellent NYC site Gawker discovers an unsavory bit of gentrification going on in one of the last charmingly grubby sectors of Manhattan, thanks to one Grant King (more like Drag King, if I may be so bold) and the Corcoran real estate group. Yeah, people with $16 million to drop on an apartment are surely swayed by their realtor telling them "this is where to cool people want to be." I guess the revolution will in fact be luxury-commodified. Sigh.

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