Chelsea Highline was inchoate
Eighteenth and Eight, La Belle Vie, Food Bar, Red Cat were great casual restaurants
A large studio could still be purchased for 250K
There were no bike lanes, no 311, 646 area code was just introduced
There were still kitchen bathtubs and hallway water closets in some derelict East Village walkups
Cost of a rent boy was about 120$
I was still in my 30s...