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Tenants of 11 Allen Fight to Remain in Chinatown Home

Hellen Choong settled in Chinatown after immigrating to America in 1991. She’s lived in the neighborhood ever since, and will tell you she has no plans to leave. “I love Chinatown, to be honest. It’s so convenient, no?” she...

A Closer Look: Why Nativity Mission Center School Closed

“I don’t want to be here,” said Danny Perez, former principal of Nativity Mission Center middle school, “going through files and looking at pictures and thinking about what was here; what could have been here if we could have...

Festival Prompts New Gentrification Debate

At a news conference last week announcing the schedule for the inaugural Festival of Ideas, New Museum Director Lisa Phillips said, “three years ago, when we moved to the Bowery we witnessed a dramatic transformation of this neighborhood."   The...

Another Longtime Orchard Street Merchant Closes

It appears that "Bonnie's New York," a fixture on Orchard Street for nearly 30 years, selling hats and jewelry, is shutting down (at least in its current location). Lo-Downcontributor Mitch Weinstein and his wife, Alison, snapped this picture of...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 19 – Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival

We spoke with Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF), for this week's episode of...
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