–A woman was slashed during a robbery near the South Street Seaport. [Gothamist]
–A profile of Yuh-Line Niou, who becomes Lower Manhattan’s representative in the New York Assembly tomorrow. [Village Voice]
–An ice cream shop closes on St. Mark’s Place after just six months. [EV Grieve]
–Here’s the story behind the “vanishing” sign in the window of Cake Shop, the Ludlow Street music club that closed its doors after New Year’s Eve. [Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York]
–Downtown comes alive with several alternative theatrical/dance festivals in January. [New York Times]
–PBS’s American Masters debuts a new episode on filmmaker Sidney Lumet, who recounts his, “Depression-era, working-class Lower East Side beginnings as a child actor with his father in the Yiddish theater.” [Broadway World]
