I wish to thank the residents of the Lower East Side who participated in the project. When I approached them, I was a perfect stranger, and yet they chose to share with me their memories, histories, dreams, and imaginings. I deeply hope that the project does justice to their experiences and recollections, and allows us to have a more meaningful, connected, and richly textured sense of place.

Shimon Attie
New York City, 1998

Resident Participants

Fay Adler Mary Auyeung Percida S. Baco Jose Beltre Lucy Calderon Whitman Chan Jin Zhi Chen Jun Ming Chen Anne Chow Dive Chu Leung Wong Chun Wai Ha Lo Chung Natividad Colon Carmen Diaz Nilda Díaz Leslie Duché Yanellé Duché Sidney Gold Leocadia Gomez Allen Greenberg

Kwan Chi Hsiang Li Zhen Hu Jin Kun Huang Amy Hui Cheung Bu Kit Sharon Kuang Wei Feng Li Ruiying Liu Marie C. Lu Regine W. Luy Lillie Marcus Fiordaliza Marte Denise Markonish Marcos Martinez Juanita Morales Chua Kum Me Shawn O'Brian Rosana Peña Charlotte Rick Carmen Rivera

Porfiria Rivera Edwin Rodriguez Shou Hua Shi Sadie Sierra Rabbi Spiegel Betty Strear Robert Szulkin Eva Tam Kashid Thomas Joshua Torres So Chui Wah Chui Yuet Wah Cristina Walton Richard Wong Yung Kuen Wong Corey Wu Chen Guo Xin Hsiu Hun W. Yee Vivian Zhang Du Mei Zhou