Before 2010 slips away, we wanted to take a look back at some of the most memorable photos featured on The Lo-Down in the past year. We begin with the startling images captured of 285 Grand Street shortly after it was ravaged by fire in April (the building and its neighbor, 283 Grand) were later demolished).
Almost everyone was transfixed by Kenny Scharf’s new Lower East Side mural.
Smoke from an apartment building fire on Houston Street could be seen throughout the neighborhood.
A shopkeeper enjoyed a nice day on Orchard Street.
The Art Handlers’ Olympics came to East Broadway.
Community gardens became a hot topic of conversation, as neighborhood activists fought to protect these urban jewels from development.
LES-centric author Gary Shteyngart talked with us about his new novel, “Super Sad True Love Story.”
The devastation of the Grand Street fire displaced dozens of families and businesses.
Chaplin Fernando De Leon led a vigil in support of affordable housing.
The East River provided a respite.
Karl Lagerfeld shot a fashion spread on Orchard Street.
We marveled at an extremely rare lunar eclipse.
