The
Lower East Side of
Manhattan; the
East Village. Where the Avenues have letters instead of numbers. In olden times, this was a tuff place - the "Dead End Kids" (
a.k.a. the
East Side Kids, or the
Bowery Boys) from the
Bogart film
Dead End (and their own series of films) were allegedly from 'round these parts. In later decades, it became a venue for
gentrification,
slumming German "
artists", EZ
druggage (
caveat emptor), the
Missing Foundation, and police
riots.
Portions of Avenue C have, nowadays, "Loisaida Ave" street signs underneath the traditional "AVE C" ones.