The original M.Schames & Son paint store building, a fixture on lower Essex Street for generations, is now only a memory.
The business, one of the oldest on the Lower East Side, relocated to Delancey Street years ago, after the demolition of a neighboring building destabilized 3 Essex Street, where the paint store had operated for decades....
Last month we reported that Community Board 3 (CB3) had drafted a resolution urging the Mamdani Administration to overhaul management of the Essex Market....
Last summer we noted that fashion designer Alexander Wang and his mother, Ying Wang, purchased the landmark-protected former Citizens Savings Bank at 58 Bowery...
Photo: Chinatown YMCA Lunar New Year celebration; Saturday February 7; Photo by Louis Chan.
Lunar New Year will be officially celebrated Tuesday, February 17. The...