Railway platforms at railway stations on double lines can be either side platforms or island platforms. With side platforms, track centres remain the same, and no space is lost for slewing the track to wider centres, as would be needed for an island platform. Side platforms usually have access to neighbouring streets. While most stations on double-track routes have two side platforms on opposite sides of the track, some stations have a single side platform (notably Cambridge in the U.K., although this will no longer be the case by 2012), split into two by a scissors crossing mid-way along its length. Platforms can also be staggered.

The distance between the track centres (track centerlines midway between rails) is typically about , while each side platform might be wide. The use of side platforms in new train and subway stations may be severely limited if space is at a premium due to regulations regarding the minimum width of platforms.

Most stations with two side platforms have an 'Up' platform which is used by trains heading towards the primary destination of the line, with the other platform being the 'Down' platform which takes trains heading the opposite way. Normally, the main facilities of the station are located on the 'Up' platform with the other platform accessed from a footbridge, subway or a track crossing. However, in many cases the station's main buildings are located on whichever side faces the town or village the station serves.

Larger stations may have two side platforms with several island platforms in between.

At grade crossings

Side platforms often appear exactly opposite each other, on either side of the tracks. However, at grade crossings, side platforms may appear on opposite sides of the grade crossing. When this is done, there are two common configurations:

Near-side platforms. In this configuration, each platform appears ''before'' the intersection. So for a north-south line, the northbound platform will appear south of the crossing, and the southbound platform will appear north of the crossing.

Far-side platforms. In this configuration, each platform appears ''after'' the intersection. So for a north-south line, the northbound platform will appear north of the crossing, and the southbound platform will appear south of the crossing.

Some platforms, such as the Skytrain in Vancouver have platforms which are yellow with rough and bumpy texture. This colour and texture helps the blind to sense that they are too close to the platform edge. This platform type is usually used for subways.

References

Railway Technical Web Pages

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The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street.

It was traditionally an immigrant, working class neighborhood. But it has undergone rapid gentrification into a "hipster" neighborhood in recent years, prompting The National Trust for Historic Preservation to place the neighborhood on their list of America's Most Endangered Places. It is now home to upscale boutiques, and to trendy dining establishments along its Clinton Street restaurant row.

Boundaries

Current boundaries

The Lower East side, LES, is bordered in the south and west by Chinatown (which extends north to roughly Grand Street), in the west by NoLIta and in the north by East Village.

Politically it's located in New York's 8th, 12th and 14th congressional districts, the New York State Assembly's 64th district, the New York State Senate's 25th district, and New York City Council's 1st and 2nd district.

Historical boundaries

Originally, "Lower East Side", LES, referred to the area alongside the East River from about the Manhattan Bridge and Canal Street up to 14th Street, and roughly bounded on the west by Broadway. It included areas known today as East Village, Alphabet City, Chinatown, Bowery, Little Italy, and NoLIta.

The exact western and southern boundaries of the neighborhood are a matter of perspective – New York natives and long-time neighborhood residents, especially the Puerto Rican and black community, and the Jewish community, don't have East Village in their vocabulary, and refer to it as the Lower East Side. The so-called debate about naming conventions typically only applies to the post-gentrification crowd. Most recent arrivals to the area, including new visitors and residents prefer to call the area north of Houston Street the East Village – a name not coined until around 1960.

Although the term today refers to the area bounded to the north by East Houston Street, parts of the East Village are still known as ''Loisaida'', a Latino pronunciation of "Lower East Side." Avenue C is known directly as "Loisaida" and is home to the Loisaida Festival every summer.

Delancey farm

The pre-Revolutionary farm of James Delancey to the east of the post road leading from the city (The Bowery) survives in the name of Delancey Street and, dimly, in Orchard Street. On the modern map of Manhattan the Delancey farm is represented in the grid of streets from Division Street north to Houston Street. In response to the pressure of a growing city, Delancey began to survey streets in the southern part of the "West Farm" in the 1760s. A spacious projected ''Delancey Square'' intended to cover the area within today's Eldridge, Essex, Hester and Broome Streets, was eliminated when the Loyalist Delanceys' property was confiscated after the Revolution. The city Commissioners of Forfeiture eliminated the aristocratic planned square for a grid, effacing Delancey's vision of a New York laid out like the West End of London and establishing the resolutely democratic nature of the neighborhood forever.

Corlear's Hook

This point of land on the East River was also called Corlaers Hook under Dutch and British rule, and briefly ''Crown Point'' during British occupation during the Revolution. It was named after the schoolmaster Jacobus van Corlaer, who settled on this "plantation" that in 1638 was called by a Europeanized version of its Lenape name, ''Nechtans'' or ''Nechtanc''. Corlaer sold the plantation to Wilhelmus Hendrickse Beekman (1623–1707) founder of the Beekman family of New York; his son Gerardus Beekman was christened at the plantation, August 17, 1653. The projection into the East River that retained Corlaer's name was an important landmark for navigators for 300 years. On older maps and documents it is usually spelled 'Corlaers' Hook, but since the early 19th century the spelling has been anglicized to ''Corlears''. The rough unplanned settlement that developed at Corlaer's Hook under the British occupation of New York during the Revolution was separated from the densely populated city by rough hills of glacial till: "this region lay beyond the city proper, from which it was separated by high, uncultivated, and rough hills", observers recalled in 1843 As early as 1816 Corlaer's Hook was notorious for streetwalkers, "a resort for the lewd and abandoned of both sexes", and in 1821 its "streets abounding every night with preconcerted groups of thieves and prostitutes" were noted by the "Christian Herald" In the course of the 19th century they came to be called ''hookers''. In the summer of cholera in New York, 1832, a two-storey wooden workshop was commandeered to serve as a makeshift cholera hospital; between July 18 and September 15 when the hospital was closed, as the cholera wound down, 281 patients were admitted, both black and white, of whom 93 died.

The original location of Corlears Hook is now obscured by shoreline landfill. It was near the east end of the present pedestrian bridge over the FDR Drive near Cherry Street. The name is preserved in Corlear's Hook Park at the intersection of Jackson and Cherry Streets along the East River Drive.

The Lower East Side as an immigrant neighborhood

One of the oldest neighborhoods of the city, the Lower East Side has long been a lower-class worker neighborhood and often a poor and ethnically diverse section of New York. As well as Irish, Italians, Poles, Ukrainians, and other ethnic groups, it once had a sizeable German population and known as Little Germany (Kleindeutschland). Today it is a predominantly Puerto Rican and Dominican community, and in the process of gentrification (as documented by the portraits of its residents in the Clinton+Rivington chapter of The Corners Project.)

The Lower East Side is perhaps best known as having once been a center of Jewish culture. In her 2000 book ''Lower East Side memories: A Jewish place in America'', Hasia Diner explains that the Lower East Side is especially remembered as a place of Jewish beginnings in contemporary American Jewish culture. Vestiges of the area's Jewish heritage exist in shops on Hester Street and Essex Street and on Grand Street near Pike. There is still an Orthodox Jewish community with yeshiva day schools and a mikvah. A few Judaica shops can be found along Essex Street and a few Jewish scribes and variety stores. Some kosher delis and bakeries as well as a few "kosher style" delis, including the famous Katz's Deli, are located in the neighborhood. Downtown Second Avenue on the Lower East Side was the home to many Yiddish theatre productions during the early part of the 20th century, and Second Avenue came to be known as 'Yiddish Broadway', though most of the theaters are gone. Songwriter Irving Berlin, actor John Garfield and singer Eddie Cantor grew up here. More recently, it has been settled by immigrants, primarily from Latin America.

In what is now the East Village, the earlier population of Poles and Ukrainians has been largely supplanted with newer immigrants, and the arrival of large numbers of Japanese people over the last fifteen years or so has led to the proliferation of Japanese restaurants and specialty food markets. There is also a notable population of Bangladeshis and other immigrants from Muslim countries, many of whom are congregants of the small Madina Masjid (Mosque), located on First Avenue and 11th Street.

The neighborhood also presents many historic synagogues, such as the Bialystoker Synagogue, Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the Eldridge Street Synagogue, Kehila Kedosha Janina (the only Greek synagogue in the Western Hemisphere), the Angel Orensanz Center, the fourth oldest synagogue building in the United States, and various smaller synagogues along East Broadway. Another landmark, the First Roumanian-American congregation (the Rivington Street synagogue) partially collapsed in 2006, and was subsequently demolished. In addition, there is a major Hare Krishna temple and several Buddhist houses of worship.

The Bowery, named by the Dutch settlers ''de Bouwerij''(Farm), is the home of the Christian Herald Association's faith-based organization known as The Bowery Mission, historically serving the down-and-out since it was founded in 1879. Another notable landmark on the Bowery was CBGB, a nightclub that presented live music—including some of the most famous figures in rock 'n roll like Ramones and Blondie—from 1973 until it closed on October 15, 2006. A bit further north and east is McSorley's Old Ale House, a well known Irish bar that opened its doors in 1854.

Incoming Chinese people have also made their mark on the Lower East Side in recent decades. The part of the neighborhood south of Delancey Street and west of Allen Street has in large measure become part of Chinatown, and Grand Street is one of the major business and shopping streets of Chinatown. Also contained within the neighborhood are strips of lighting and restaurant supply shops on the Bowery.

The Jewish Lower East Side

While the Lower East Side has seen a series of immigrant communities pass through, American Jews relate to the neighborhood in a particularly strong manner, much as Chinatown in San Francisco holds a special place in the imagination of Chinese Americans, and Astoria in the hearts of Greek Americans. In the late twentieth century, the strong pull of the Lower East Side on the imagination of American Jews led to the preservation of a number of buildings associated with the Jewish immigrant community.

Landmarks of the Jewish Lower East Side

The Educational Alliance Settlement house – 175 East Broadway at Jefferson Street

Henry Street Settlement – 263–267 Henry Street and 466 Grand Street

University Settlement House 184 Eldridge Street

Katz's Deli – 205 E. Houston Street

Guss' Pickles – 87 Orchard Street

Kossar's Bialys – 367 Grand Street

Gertle's Bake Shop – 53 Hester Street- Moved to Brooklyn, opened as a Catering business

Knickerbocker Village – 10 Monroe Street

Streit Matzo Co. – 150 Rivington Street

Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery – 137 E. Houston Street

Russ & Daughters – 179 E. Houston Street

Schapiro's Kosher Wine – Essex Street Market

Synagogues

Bialystoker Synagogue – 7–11 Willet Street

Beth Hamedrash Hagadol – 60–64 Norfolk Street

Eldridge Street Synagogue – 12 Eldridge Street

Kehila Kedosha Janina – 280 Broome Street

Angel Orensanz Center – the fourth-oldest synagogue building in the United States.

Congregation Chasam Sopher

Meseritz Synagogue

Stanton Street Synagogue

East Village split and gentrification

The East Village was once considered the Lower East Side's northwest corner. However, in the 1960s, the demographics of the area above Houston Street began to change, as hippies, musicians and artists moved in. Newcomers and real estate brokers popularized the East Village name, and the term was adopted by the popular media by the mid-1960s. As the East Village developed a culture separate from the rest of the Lower East Side, the two areas came to be seen as two separate neighborhoods rather than the former being part of the latter.

In the early 2000s, the gentrification of the East Village spread to the Lower East Side, making it one of the trendiest neighborhoods in Manhattan. Orchard Street, despite its "Bargain District" moniker, is now lined with upscale and boutiques.

Similarly, trendy restaurants, including Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant, wd~50, Cube 63, and Falai are found on a stretch of tree-lined Clinton Street that The ''New York Magazine'' described as the "hippest restaurant row" in the Lower East Side.

In 2006, a 32-unit, 16 story luxury condominium was completed on Norfolk just north of Delancey, the design of which starkly contrasts with the surrounding neighborhood. Following the construction of the Hotel on Rivington one block away, several luxury condominiums around Houston, and the New Museum on the Bowery this new wave of construction is another sign that the gentrification cycle is entering a high-luxury phase similar to SoHo and Nolita in the previous decade.

More recently, the gentrification that was previously confined to north of Delancey Street continued south. Several restaurants, bars, and galleries opened below Delancey Street after 2005, especially around the intersection of Broome and Orchard Streets. The neighborhood's second boutique hotel, Blue Moon Hotel, opened on Orchard Street just south of Delancey Street in early 2006. However, unlike The Hotel on Rivington, the Blue Moon used an existing tenement building, and its exterior is almost identical to neighboring buildings.

Education

Among the public elementary and middle schools are charter schools, including Girls Prep for girls with a goal of graduating from college.

Lower East Side Preparatory High School is a second-chance school that enables students, aged 17–21, to obtain their high school diplomas. It is a bilingual Chinese-English school with a high proportion of Asian students.

Art scene

The neighborhood has become home to numerous contemporary art galleries. One of the very first was ABC No Rio. Begun by a group of Colab no wave artists (some living on Ludlow Street), ABC No Rio opened an outsider gallery space that invited community participation and encouraged the widespread production of art. Taking an activist approach to art that grew out of The Real Estate Show (the take over of an abandoned building by artists to open an outsider gallery only to have it chained closed by the police) ABC No Rio kept its sense of activism, community, and outsiderness. The product of this open, expansive approach to art was a space for creating new works that did not have links to the art market place and that were able to explore new artistic possibilities.

Other outsider galleries sprung up throughout the Lower East Side and East Village, Manhattan-some 200 at the height of the scene in the 1980s. In December 2007, the New Museum relocated to a brand-new, critically acclaimed building on the Bowery at Prince. A growing number of galleries are opening in the Bowery neighborhood to be in close proximity to the museum.

Nightlife and live music

As the neighborhood gentrified and has become safer at night, it has become a popular late night destination. Orchard, Ludlow and Essex between Rivington Street and Stanton Street have become especially packed at night, and the resulting noise is a cause of tension between bar owners and longtime residents.

Also, the Lower East Side is home to many live music venues. Punk bands play at C-Squat and alternative rock bands play at Bowery Ballroom on Delancey Street and Mercury Lounge on East Houston Street, while lesser known bands played at Tonic (which closed on April 13, 2007) on Norfolk Street and Rothko (now closed) on Suffolk Street. There are also bars that offer performance space, such as Pianos, the Living Room and Cake Shop on Ludlow Street and Arlene's Grocery on Stanton Street.

In popular culture

;Children's literature

''All-of-a-Kind Family'' by Sydney Taylor

''The House on the Roof; A Sukkot Story'' by David A. Adler

Rebecca Rubin, a character in the ''American Girl'' doll and book series, is a Jewish girl growing up in an immigrant family in 1914.

;Novels

Low Life by Luc Sante

''Bread Givers'' by Anzia Yezierska

''Lush Life'' by Richard Price

''Ragtime'' by E. L. Doctorow

;Songs

Lower East Side by David Peel (Regarded to be the first punk song)

"Alleged" by UNSANE

"L.E.S. Artistes" by Santigold

"Living in L.E.S." by INDK

"In the Flesh" by Blondie

Nova Slum Goddess by the Fugs

"Marry the Night" by Lady GaGa

"The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" by The Magnetic Fields

"Lower East Side Crew" by Warzone

"Ludlow St" by Julian Casablancas

"Ludlow Street" by Suzanne Vega

"For My Family" by Agnostic Front

"Clinton St Girl" by Wakey!Wakey!

"What's My Name" by Rihanna ft. Drake

"East Side Beat" by The Toasters

"New York City is Dead" Lower East Side Stitches

;Bands

David Peel & the Lower East Side Band an early punk band

Gogol Bordello A critically acclaimed gypsy punk band from the area.

The Holy Modal Rounders an influential freak-folk band in the '60s

Nausea a seminal crust punk band in the late '80s and early '90s.

Lower East Side Stitches 90's Punk Rock in the vein of The Dead Boys.

;Plays

''Secret History of the Lower East Side'' by Alice Tuan

;Films

''Sex and the City''

''Downtown 81''

''I Am Legend''

''P.S. I Love You''

''Cloverfield''

''Crossing Delancey''

''Die Hard With A Vengeance''

''His People''

''Date Night''

''The Naked City''

''The Night They Raided Minsky's''

''The Italian''

''Lucky Number Slevin''

''Frogs for Snakes''

''Mixed Blood''

''Batteries Not Included''

''Once Upon a Time in America [1984 film]''

''Raising Victor Vargas''

''Hester Street''

''Beautiful Losers (film)''

''NYPD Blue (TV)''

''When Harry Met Sally''

''Rent (film)''

;Video games

''Syphon Filter 2''

''The Darkness''

See also

Alife Rivington Club

Cooperative Village

Grand Street Settlement

East Side (Manhattan)

East Side Hebrew Institute (ESHI)

First Houses

Henry Street Settlement

Lower East Side Conservancy

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Moshe Feinstein

Ray's Candy Store

Tompkins Square Park

University Settlement House

Notes

External links

Lower East Side – Neighborhood Profile

A Jewish Tour of the Lower East Side, ''New York'' magazine

Photographs of the Lower East Side and East Village in 1980 and 2010

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East Side or Eastside may refer to:

Places

Municipalities

East Side Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States

East Side, Pennsylvania, United States

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Canada

Eastside, Ontario, a neighborhood in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, British Columbia

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Eastside, Lexington, a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Eastside, Long Beach, California

East Los Angeles, California

East Los Angeles (region)

East Side (Melrose), a Melrose, Massachusetts neighborhood

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Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York

Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York

East Side, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Eastside, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Eastside, Paterson, New Jersey

East Side, Phoenix, Arizona

East Side, Providence, Rhode Island, a collection of neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island

East Side, St. Paul, Minnesota

East San Jose, California

East Side of Stamford, Connecticut

Other regions

Eastside (King County, Washington), the eastern suburbs of Seattle, Washington.

The East Coast of the United States, the easternmost coastal states in the United States

Eastern Washington, the portion of the U.S. state of Washington east of the Cascade Range

Shopping Arcade

Eastside, Cardiff, part of St. David's Centre, Cardiff, Wales.

Film, TV and music

''Eastside'' (film), a 1999 film by Lorena David starring Mario Lopez

''East Side/West Side'', a 1963 TV show

''The East Side Boyz'', rap music producer Lil Jon's group

''East Side'', a 2000 song by Canadian pop group Smoother

See also

Eastside High School (disambiguation)

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birth date	August 28, 1956
birth place	Cayey, Puerto Rico
occupation	Actor
years active	1977–present
spouse	Angelita Galarza-Guzmán (1985–present) }}

Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is an actor from Puerto Rico. He is known for his character work. For much of his career, his squat build, wolfish features, and brooding countenance have garnered him roles largely as sidekicks, thugs, or policemen.

He is a favorite of director Steven Soderbergh, who cast him in ''Out of Sight'', ''The Limey'', and ''Traffic'', and Paul Thomas Anderson, who cast him in ''Boogie Nights'', ''Magnolia'' and ''Punch-Drunk Love''. He also voiced Ricardo Diaz in ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' and ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''.

Early life

Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico and was raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His mother, Rosa, was a hospital worker, and his stepfather, Benjamin Cardona, was a TV repairman. A graduate of City College of New York, he began his career not as an actor but as a social worker and moonlighted as an actor, eventually becoming heavily involved in street theater and independent films.

Career

Guzman's numerous movie credits include ''Carlito's Way'', ''Carlito's Way: Rise to Power'', ''Welcome to Collinwood,'' ''Stonewall'', ''Waiting...'', ''The Salton Sea'', and ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events''. He has also appeared on the TV shows ''Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''Frasier'' and ''Oz'' and had a role in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' and its prequel ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''. Guzmán starred in the short-lived 2003 television comedy ''Luis'', and is a commentator on VH1's ''I Love the '80s,'' as well as ''I Love Toys'' and its sequels, including ''I Love the '70s'' and ''I Love the '90s''. He co-starred on the canceled 2007 HBO series ''John from Cincinnati''. In early 2008, Guzmán starred in "''Naturally Aged'' Cheddar Hunks" TV ads for Cabot Creamery. He also appeared in the music video "Yes We Can." He currently stars in HBO's ''How to Make It in America''.

Personal life

Guzmán currently lives in Sutton, Vermont.

Filmography

''Short Eyes'' (1977) as Unknown

''Heartbeat'' (1987) as Gang Member #2

''No Picnic'' (1987) as Arroyo

''*batteries not included'' (1987) (uncredited)

''Crocodile Dundee 2'' (1988) as Jose

''Rooftops'' (1989) as Martinez

''Family Business'' (1989) as Julio Torres

''Q&A;'' (1990) as Detective Valentin

''The Hard Way'' (1991) as Det. Benny Poole, NYPD

''McBain'' (1991) as Papo

''Walker Texas Ranger'' (1992) as Gomez

''Innocent Blood'' (1992) as Morales

''Carlito's Way'' (1993) as Pachanga

''Guilty as Sin'' (1993) as Detective Martinez

''The Cowboy Way'' (1994) as Chango

''Stonewall'' (1995) as Vito

''The Substitute'' (1996) as Rem

''Boogie Nights'' (1997) as Maurice TT Rodriguez

''Out of Sight'' (1998) as Chino

''The Limey'' (1999) as Eduardo Roel

''The Bone Collector'' (1999) as Eddie Ortiz

''Magnolia'' (1999) as Luis

''Traffic'' (2000) as Ray Castro

''Cash Money Millionaires''' Undisputed music video (2002) as Prisoner

''Double Whammy'' (2001) as Juan Benitez

''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' (2002) as Ricardo Díaz

''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002) as Jacopo

''The Salton Sea'' (2002) as Quincy

''Punch-Drunk Love'' (2002) as Lance

''The Adventures of Pluto Nash'' (2002) as Felix Laranga

''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002) as Cosimo

''Anger Management'' (2003) as Lou

''Confidence'' (2003) as Officer Omar Manzano

''Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd'' (2003) as Ray

''Runaway Jury'' (2003) as Jerry Hernandez (uncredited)

''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004) as Bald Man

''Carlito's Way: Rise to Power'' (2005) as Nacho

''Waiting...''(2005) as Raddimus

''Dreamer'' (2005) as Balon

''Fast Food Nation'' (2006) as Benny

''School for Scoundrels'' (2006) as Sergeant Moorehead

''Hard Luck'' (2006) as Million Dollar Mendez

''War'' (2007) as Benny

''Cleaner'' (2007) as Detective Wallace

''Maldeamores'' (2007) as Ismael

''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' (2008) as Chucho (voice)

''Nothing Like the Holidays'' (2008) as Johnny

''Yes Man'' (2008) as Jumper

''He's Just Not That into You'' (2009) as Javier (uncredited)

''Fighting'' (2009) as Martinez

''Still Waiting...'' (2009) as Raddimus

''The Taking of Pelham 123'' (2009) as Ramos

''Old Dogs'' (2009) as Nick (uncredited)

''The Caller'' (2010) as George

''Arthur'' (2011) as Bitterman

''Journey 2: The Mysterious Island'' (2012)

Television series

''How to Make It in America'' (2010) as Rene Calderon

''John from Cincinnati'' (2007) as Ramon Gaviota

''Oz'' (1997/2003) as Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez

''Miami Vice'' – Episode titled "Prodigal Son," where he played a thug

''seaQuest DSV'' (1994) – Episode titled "The Good Death," where he played General Guzmano

''Law & Order'' – Played a Honduran line cook accused of burning down a social club

''NYPD Blue'' – Played Officer Martinez' father

''Frasier'' – Episode titled "Enemy at the Gate" as George the parking garage attendant.

''House of Buggin'' is a short-lived Latino-themed sketch comedy television show, which aired in 1995, starring John Leguizamo and Luis Guzmán. It was aired on the FOX Network, but removed from broadcasting schedules before the completion of the first season.

''Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993) – Episode "Son of a Gun", where he played Lorenzo Molera, the neighbor of Detective Stanley Bolander.

See also

List of famous Puerto Ricans

References

External links

Wild Orchid Stables, owned by Guzmán

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name	Roger Miret and the Disasters
background	group_or_band
origin	United States
genre	Street punkPunk rock
years active	1999–present
label	Hellcat RecordsSailor's Grave RecordsPeople Like You Records
associated acts	Agnostic FrontThe AlligatorsBalanceThe KickoversLady LuckMadballStreet Dogs
website	thedisasters.com
current members	Roger MiretRhys KillRoy ValenciaPete SosaRandy Rost
past members	Mike MulieriJohnny RiouxJohnny KrayJP OttoLuke Rota
notable instruments	}}

Roger Miret and the Disasters are a street punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret. The band was formed in 1999. They released their first self-titled debut album in 2002 on Hellcat Records and "Give 'Em The Boot" was released as a single to promote the album. A second album, ''1984'', followed 3 years later. In 2006, the band parted ways with Hellcat and signed on to Sailor's Grave Records. They released their only album on the new label, ''My Riot'', on August 22, 2006. The Disasters released their first album in 5 years, entitled ''Gotta Get Up Now'', on January 25, 2011.

Discography

Albums

''Roger Miret and the Disasters'' (2002)

''1984'' (2005)

''My Riot'' (2006)

''Gotta Get Up Now'' (2011)

EPs

"Faded" 7" (2010)

"We're Gonna Find a Way (Dub Remix)" 7" (2011)

Compilation appearances

''Scene Killer Vol. 3'' (2001)

*Includes an exclusive version of "It's Alright" unavailable elsewhere

''Give 'Em the Boot III'' (2002)

*Includes "Give 'Em the Boot" from ''Roger Miret and the Disasters''

''The Worldwide Tribute to the Real Oi, Vol. 2'' (2002)

*Includes "New York Belongs to Me" from ''Roger Miret and the Disasters'' and the exclusive "Voice of a Generation"

''Give 'Em the Boot IV'' (2004)

*Includes "Kiss Kiss Kill Kill" from ''Roger Miret and the Disasters''

''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 10''

*Include "Riot, Riot, Riot" from ''1984'' as well as the music video for the same song

''Give 'Em the Boot V'' (2006)

*Includes "Another Generation", which later appeared on ''My Riot''

References

Category:Hellcat Records groups Category:Musical groups established in 1999 Category:American pop punk musical groups Category:Street punk

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