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May 28, 2006

Global Graphica's New Home

It's been quiet here on the Global Graphica site the past week or two as we, Air Massive, the publisher of Global Graphica, have been on hiatus, taking a short vacation before getting super busy with a big move to a new place in downtown NYC. We apologize to our regular visitors and subscribers for the lack of posts during this time.

We relocated the Air Massive HQ back into the heart of the Manhattan's Lower East Side, and into our favorite part of the nabe, which, depending on with whom you speak, is sometimes also referred to as "Northeast Chinatown," "LoLIta," "LoHo" or "Bel-Del" (for Below Delancey Street). It's a fascinating part of New York, one with lots of history, culture, bars, restaurants and music venues, as well as lots of diverse characters. It's a place where the surviving remnants of Manhattan's historic Jewish immigrant community of the Lower East Side rubs up against the newer bustle of Fujinanese Chinatown on one side and an old Puerto Rican barrio of "Losaida" on the other side.

A few doors down from Massive HQ, in a now empty and decrepit tenement building, is where Lou Reed used to live back in his Velvet Underground days. Down the street you can find the best caipirinhas outside of Brazil. Around the corner, you can find the best fried dumplings outside of China. And a few blocks away you can drink the best espresso in Manhattan and eat the finest almond croissants outside of France. We fucking love it.

Now that we're done unpacking and have settled in, we thought we'd share some images of the new nabe and home to Air Massive and Global Graphica below.

Posted by icorsa at May 28, 2006 03:02 PM