My grandparents used to tell me stories about their trip to Ellis Island from Russia and life on the Lower East Side of New York.

That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.

I'm a black lady from the Lower East Side of New York. Not a lot intimidates me.

Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.

I cycled when I was at high school, then reconnected with bikes in New York in the late '70s. It was a good way of getting around the clubs and galleries of the Lower East Side and Soho.

I used to live on Riverside Park in New York, on the Upper West Side.