Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

The following open letter to Gawker was emailed to us from the NoLita Merchants Association.  It is a play-by-play challenge of the Recession Map which was originally published on Gawker just last week.  What are all of you seeing out there?  Send us your thoughts!
[photo via Gawker]
Sooo Sad, Sooo Wrong.
The “Nolita Sad Map” posted by [...]

With our economy edging closer to the brink of collapse, it’s only appropriate to show Depression-era footage of NYC. This vintage silent film brilliantly documents past struggles for survival on the Bowery. Definitely a far cry from the musuems and galleries popping up along the thoroughfare now.
“The port of missing men is the New York [...]