The 7th Precinct is sponsoring the Lower East Side’s participation in “National Night Out” this coming Tuesday. The event, in its 27th year, is meant to create greater awareness about crime and drug prevention. A number of community organizations will be represented. There will be food, music and games for the kids. National Night Out takes place on East Broadway, between Clinton and Jefferson Streets, from 4:30-8pm.
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July 30th, 2010
July 29th, 2010
 Conservancy's new visitor center, 400 Grand Street. Last month, we reported the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is preparing to open a new Visitor Center at 400 Grand Street later this summer. If you walk by the storefront, formerly Ruby’s Fruits, you might notice a poster promoting the Conservancy’s new “Insider Tours,” abbreviated versions of their more detailed neighborhood walking excursions. Recently, we were invited to experience the tours for ourselves. Continue reading Going “Inside” Jewish Sacred Sites with the LES Conservancy July 28th, 2010
Patrick Hedlund of DNA Info sums up last night’s debate at Community Board 3 over the Muslim community center proposed near the World Trade Center site. In a 17-12 vote, CB3 chose to support Community Board 1′s decision to endorse the project. Many conservatives, including Sarah Palin and Tea Party activists, have made a political issue of the Cordoba Center, which would include a mosque. Continue reading CB3 Wades Into Ground Zero Mosque Controversy July 27th, 2010
 CB3 Chair Dominic Pisciotta Is the Lower East Side ready to make a deal? That’s the question two urban planners hired by the city will be seeking to answer when they meet with members of Community Board 3′s SPURA Task Force Thursday night. It will be the third of four “facilitated” sessions meant to determine if neighborhood factions can finally reach a consensus on a development plan for the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. Recently, I discussed the deliberations with CB3 Chairman Dominic Pisciotta, who played a central role in the creation of the panel. The time is right, he said, for action, “to do something good for the neighborhood.” People on the Lower East Side have been fighting about SPURA since at least 1967, when thousands of homes and businesses were bulldozed in the name of urban renewal. Pisciotta first became interested in the issue in late 2003, not long after moving into the Seward Park Cooperative on Grand Street. During an infamous public hearing to discuss Michael Bloomberg’s mixed-use plan for SPURA, Pisciotta witnessed first hand the bitter divisions that have sabotaged every redevelopment effort in the past 43 years. “That was a really crazy night,” he said, “I was shocked by the comments from both sides.” July 23rd, 2010
July 22nd, 2010
The Lower East Side Girls Club is inviting the neighborhood to stop by and enjoy a summer cocktail tonight at Marfa (101 E. 2nd St.). You can also meet the lovely ladies/street artists who are going to be “beautifying” the fence around the construction on their new building on Avenue D. They write: Tonight’s fundraiser is for our Fence Painting Project. Continue reading Girls Club Hosts Fence Painting Party and Fundraiser July 22nd, 2010
Continue reading Affordable Housing in Girls Club Building – More Details July 22nd, 2010
July 21st, 2010
July 20th, 2010
 Mott Street It seemed so simple. Members of the Chinatown Working Group (CWG) were being asked to approve a fairly routine document — a job description of sorts for an urban planning consultant who will begin working with the organization later this year. But last night, at the American Legion meeting room on Canal Street, the proceedings became complicated and contentious in a hurry. Continue reading Chinatown Working Group: LES Question Unresolved |
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