Bourdain’s Field Notes
This is a show about a very special place. A very special time. And some very special people. So much happened—so much began—on New York’s Lower East Side.
Bourdain’s Field Notes
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The New York neighborhood left for dead
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Growing up on a gang block
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It’s not all high-brow cuisine in downtown NYC
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Street art is real art
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The consequences of NYC’s gentrification
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What’s Tony’s idea of perfect food?
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‘Parts Unknown’ guest remembers NYC’s dangerous days
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Downtown NYC institutions that have stood the test of time
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Grit and grace on the Lower East Side
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“So what do you think now when you walk around the neighborhood? You paid some dudes to walk down it back in the day, and now it’s projectile‑vomiting frat boys with baseball caps on backwards. Does this give you a sinking feeling or make you angry or—”