Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

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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 movement, the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union on Avenue B reportedly doubled its new accounts.
Sherley Soto, member services manager [...]

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 compatriot EV Grieve also noticed an upward trend further north in the East Village.  So we started kicking around the idea [...]

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!

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 Street has also fallen.  However, the slowest to switch sides is certainly the Delancey outpost between Ludlow and [...]

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 placement of machinery, tools, and ladders.  It appears as though a grand opening is imminent.

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 gutted and a sleek new row of ATM machines installed in the foyer. By yesterday afternoon, much of the old bank [...]