East Village New Construction

[Neilr]

In the early to mid 70s, IIRC, Michael Higgins began buying apartments in that area and rebranded those streets as East Village. He was way ahead of the curve and he and his early buildings had a rough go at it. He put in a pool at one building surrounded by a high chain link fence. He engendered a good deal of resentment from long time area residents who resented his attempts at gentrification.