{"id":16841,"date":"2015-10-30T05:31:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T10:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=16841"},"modified":"2016-01-06T20:01:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T01:01:20","slug":"the-many-lives-of-the-hippest-street-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/the-many-lives-of-the-hippest-street-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Many Lives of the Hippest Street in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

What if YOU lived on the coolest street in America?<\/p>\n

Ada Calhoun<\/a> writes for the New York Times<\/em>, (and has written for\u00a0O<\/em> magazine, The New Republican, The Atlantic, and Cosmopolitan<\/em>, among others). She grew up as the daughter of 1960s Bohemians who came to live in the East Village<\/strong> during the Bob Dylan era.<\/p>\n

Maybe the most ubiquitous\u00a0thing about the most famous (and infamous) hip section of New York City is how commonly people declare that it’s not as cool as it was before. And strangely, there’s a 100 year- history of just that thing.<\/p>\n

Calhoun researched the 400 year history of New York in the St Marks area and she has written a fascinating book called St Marks is Dead\u00a0<\/em>which is an excellent commentary on\u00a0the idea of\u00a0“cool” as well as a glimpse into one of the most culturally powerful streets in the U.S.<\/p>\n