May 7th, 2009
We are currently featuring photography by A Jesse Jiryu Davis in our Photo Gallery. Jesse is a portrait and event photographer based in New York City. As a self-taught photographer, he began taking assignments while refining his skills at the International Center of Photography, where he became proficient with digital and traditional processes.
Jesse has covered events and created editorial portraits for Time Out
New York, Meditate NYC, the Blue Roses Theater Company, the Shambhala Meditation Center, and the Village Zendo Journal. His personal work includes numerous protests and events around New
York City. For more info, visit his website here.
Posted by Traven Rice
May 7th, 2009
Last night, Gothamist reported a shooting on East Houston Street near Clinton. Based on police radio chatter, two men were seen running and one of them had gone into a building on Clinton. The cops were keeping residents from going inside their buildings and the swat teams were called in. This morning, Gothamist updated, saying a 27 year old man was taken into custody. Police say he was firing a gun on the street. No one was hurt. A Lo-Down contributer and photographer, Jesse Davis, posted this photo from the scene. He said a NYPD chopper circled the area for a half hour.
You can see Jesse's work at: http://emptysquare.net/
May 7th, 2009
This evening at the Puck Building, some of the neighborhood's best chefs will be cooking for a good cause. The Grand Street Settlement's Taste of the Lower East Side, featuring 35 restaurants from the LES, East Village, Nolita, Soho, etc. will be held. Among the featured restaurants: Alias, Allen & Delancey, Bacaro, Barrio Chino, Clinton St. Baking Co. & Restaurant, El
Maguey y La Tuna, Falai Panetteria, Fat Hippo, Il Laboratorio del Gelato, 'Inoteca, Kampuchea Restaurant, Kuma Inn, Little Giant, Oliva, Palà Paladar, Roni Sue's Chocolates,
Saxelby Cheesemongers, Shang, Sorella, The Stanton Social, Sugar Sweet
Sunshine, Think Coffee, Tiny's Giant Sandwich Shop, Thor, Wd~50. Tickets are steep: $150-$500 but proceeds support Grand Street's programs. More details here.
May 7th, 2009
Streetsblog took note of our coverage of Councilman Gerson's transportation town hall Monday night, saying "the session successfully gathered up ideas from ill-informed cranks." They concluded:
A quick CrashStat check reveals
that, contrary to Mr. Jacob's (LES resident who said there had only been one fatality in the area) gut assertion, several people have been
killed by autos while walking on Grand Street in recent years. Co-op
Village, like many other housing developments in the area, is home to a
big senior population. Those pedestrian refuges make Grand Street safer to cross and less intimidating to older New Yorkers.
Rolling back critical safety improvements that improve seniors' quality
of life — is that really the kind of "community input" that Gerson
wants to align himself with?
The Villager's take on the town hall is now online. Harold Jacob gets a starring role in their write-up, as well:
Jacob recalled that Margaret Forgione, D.O.T. Manhattan borough
commissioner, told a Lower East Side forum earlier this year that the
Grand St. median island was intended to avoid pedestrian deaths on a
section of Grand St. where there had been three fatalities. Jacob said
he obtained records through a Freedom of Information Law request and
found that there were no fatalities at that location, but that there
had been one death on Clinton St. after a safety island had been
installed at an intersection.
The Villager also has more on the New York Housing Authority's new pet policy, banning pit bulls and other breeds.
The Tenement Museum's blog has a few interesting posts on the groundbreaking artists who told the stories of immigrant life on the Lower East Side.
Just in time for Mother's Day, Metromix profiles a dynamic duo: Roni-Sue of Roni-Sue's Chocolates in the Essex Street Market and her son Corwin Kave of Fatty Crab.
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