Filed under: Lower East Side Neighborhood Watch: LES, Pre-Gold Rush By Joey Arak Jul 24, 2008, 2:12pm EDT The benefit of Google's somewhat outdated satellite photos? Plotting all the ways the Lower East Side has changed in a very short period of time. [Bowery Boogie] More From Curbed NY Curbed Is Moving to New York Magazine We Unearthed the 68 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now Landlords Lose Fight Against Rent Protections, Hotel Chelsea’s Latest Tenant Battle, and Other News City Hall Park Is Still Under Lockdown, the MTA Has a Man Cave, and Other News The Cheapest, Nicest Apartments for Sale in the West Village Bill de Blasio’s Plan to Close Rikers Is Crumbling