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East Side U.S.
[f. east D. 1 b + side n.1 11.]
That section of New York City which lies on the east side of Manhattan (to the east of Fifth Avenue). Also attrib. Hence ˈEast-ˈsider, one who lives on the East side.
1882J. D. McCabe New York iii. 79 This immense volume of travel is now being absorbed by the East Side Elevated Railroad. Ibid. li. 642 The original ‘Bowery Girl’..passed at a quick gait peculiar to herself along the Bowery, or through Chatham square—it was the perfection of East Side poetry. 1894C. D. Warner Golden House v, She was so full of sympathy with the East-Side work. 1898Westm. Gaz. 28 Apr. 8/2 The Bowery brigade, recruited from..patrons of the eastside dime hotels and doss-houses. 1899J. L. Williams Stolen Story 4 The busiest bank presidents..opened their mouths to him [sc. a reporter] quite as readily as East Side saloon-keepers. 1903N.Y. Even. Post 21 Aug., The Health Commissioner to-day made a tour of the East Side. 1903N.Y. Tribune 25 Oct., 15,000 East Siders attended the final dedication ceremonies at William H. Seward Park. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Oct. 603/2 He was born to Italian parents, who brought him in infancy to New York, where he had the usual East Side immigrant upbringing. |