Lower East Side - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

Children's literature
  • All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
  • The House on the Roof; A Sukkot Story by David A. Adler
    • Rebecca Rubin, a character in the American Girl doll and book series, is a Jewish girl growing up in an immigrant family in 1914.
Novels
  • Low Life by Luc Sante
  • Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska
  • Lush Life by Richard Price
  • Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
  • The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Songs
  • L.E.S by Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover)
  • Lower East Side by David Peel (Regarded to be the first punk song)
  • "Alleged" by UNSANE
  • "L.E.S. Artistes" by Santigold
  • "Living in L.E.S." by INDK
  • "In the Flesh" by Blondie
  • Nova Slum Goddess by the Fugs
  • "Marry the Night" by Lady Gaga
  • "The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" by The Magnetic Fields
  • "Lower East Side Crew" by Warzone
  • "Ludlow St" by Julian Casablancas
  • "Ludlow Street" by Suzanne Vega
  • "For My Family" by Agnostic Front
  • "Clinton St Girl" by Wakey!Wakey!
  • "What's My Name" by Rihanna ft. Drake
  • "East Side Beat" by The Toasters
  • "New York City is Dead" Lower East Side Stitches
  • "Heavy Metal Lover" by Lady Gaga
Bands
  • David Peel & the Lower East Side Band, an early punk band
  • Gogol Bordello, a critically acclaimed gypsy punk band from the area.
  • The Holy Modal Rounders, an influential freak-folk band in the '60s
  • Nausea, a seminal crust punk band in the late '80s and early '90s.
  • Lower East Side Stitches, 90's Punk Rock in the vein of The Dead Boys.
Plays
  • Secret History of the Lower East Side by Alice Tuan
Films
  • Sex and the City
  • Downtown 81
  • I Am Legend
  • P.S. I Love You
  • Cloverfield
  • Crossing Delancey
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance
  • Donnie Brasco
  • Johnny Dangerously
  • His People
  • Date Night
  • The Naked City
  • The Night They Raided Minsky's
  • The Italian
  • Lucky Number Slevin
  • Frogs for Snakes
  • Mixed Blood
  • Batteries Not Included
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • Raising Victor Vargas
  • Hester Street
  • Beautiful Losers
  • NYPD Blue (TV)
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • Rent
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Television
  • The Andy Milonakis Show
  • How To Make It In America
Video games
  • Syphon Filter 2
  • The Darkness

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