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  • Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union Doubles Accounts

    Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union Doubles Accounts

    [Photo via Greenmap] Arianna Huffington recently launched a program dubbed Move Your Money, which is an effort to assist those who wish to move their funds from banks receiving bailouts.  As a result of this [...]

  • Maps: Lower East Side by ATM

    Maps: Lower East Side by ATM

    The proliferation of ATMs in the Lower East Side is simply astounding.  Common knowledge.  Yet despite the alleged crackdown on new third party cash boxes, it seems machines are still popping up daily.  Our [...]

  • Delancey Washigton Mutual Now Chase

    Delancey Washigton Mutual Now Chase

    Washington Mutual has completely vanished from the neighborhood.  That’s right, the onetime Delancey branch is now officially a member of the Chase bank empire. Resistance is futile!

  • Chase Transition Nearly Complete

    Chase Transition Nearly Complete

    Here on the Lower East Side, the Chase transition is nearly complete.  Last week, Jeremiah reported on the Washington Mutual bank swap at Second Avenue and Eighth Street; the corner branch at Avenue A and Second [...]

  • Bank of America on Ludlow

    Bank of America on Ludlow

    Work is moving forward at the Ludlow Residence branch of Bank of America, and it’s all happening in plain sight.  Peering through the musty  windows, a row of ATM machines is now visible amidst the haphazard [...]

  • Renovations at the Washington Mutual on Delancey

    Renovations at the Washington Mutual on Delancey

    In light of the recent merger with Chase, it seems the Washington Mutual on Delancey will nevertheless remain in place. Said branch is currently undergoing serious renovations – the interior was completely [...]

  • Visual Confirmations on Bleecker

    Visual Confirmations on Bleecker

    As of yesterday afternoon, we now have visual confirmation that 184 Bleecker Street will become a bank. In fact, a Bank of America. The sidewalk plywood was recently painted red, with a matching banner nailed to [...]

  • 184 Bleecker Becoming a Bank?

    184 Bleecker Becoming a Bank?

    After Qdoba seized half of the former Cafe Le Figaro at 184 Bleecker Street, the other half remained dormant behind snowy glass. As of last week, though, a new sidewalk shed was installed at the site. Our initial [...]