Lower East Side Links

Ben Shaoul is taking the neighbors to court in his effort to build a news luxury apartment building on East Houston Street (Commercial Observer).

A burst water pipe flooded apartments at Meltzer Towers (NY1).

Events in and around Tompkins Square Park commemorate the 27th anniversary of the infamous Lower East Side riots and highlight the ridiculousness of the Post’s war on the homeless (EV Grieve).

Driven out of China, the Beijing Film Festival comes to New York (Hyperallergic).

A recreation of the Mars Bar is among the attractions of a new York club culture show at WhiteBox (NYT).

Another cat cafe is coming to the Lower East Side (Time).