»Where goes the neighborhood

EV Grieve writes about an old New York magazine article lamenting the yuppification of the East Village -- the gritty neighbourhood party to labour riots, to burned-out crack houses, to endless attempts at urbanization and revitalization. Scans of the article are in the blog post:
http://sophiesbar.blogspot.com/2008/06/lower-east-side-there-goes-neighborhood.html.
How long will it take to get there (or here)? An Avenue C bar owner prognosticated five years in The New York Times: "C will keep its edginess for five more years," predicted Melvina Goren, a partner at Porch. That was two-and-a-half years ago; in a survey of places to drink beer of a Sunday afternoon, Aram and I found all of the contenders overrun with everyone (and thence retreated to the excellent Creative Time installation at the Governor's Island Ferry Building).