This morning, preliminary plans were filed with the city for the building that will become the centerpiece of the Essex Crossing project. Next March, developers are scheduled to begin the first phase of the nearly 2-million square foot development...
Halloween is still more than a month away, but one Lower East Side venue is almost ready to scare you half to death. For the 11th year, "Nightmare New York" is back at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. ...
Contributor Jake Safane has been profiling neighborhood restaurants and food shops for The Lo-Down. In the latest edition of his ongoing series, Jake explores the history of Neuman's Kitchen, a successful catering business on Chrystie Street.
From our May print magazine, recent openings and relaunches on the Lower East Side:
Rothstein Hardware (106 Ridge St.): After 60 years, Rothstein Hardware was forced to relocate from 56 Clinton St., where a new 7-story residential project is planned....
Yesterday afternoon, workers installed signage above the entry of Zarin's new Orchard Street showroom. The longtime Lower East Side fabric store made the move from a larger frontage on Grand Street that's destined to become a TD Bank branch.
Korean-style barbecue has come to Grand Street.
A two-year-old Sunset Park restaurant called 99 Favor Taste opened its second outpost Thursday on the ground level of 285 Grand St., a new building constructed after a fire destroyed a tenement building...
Here's something for small business owners who have struggled to secure conventional loans. Tomorrow evening, there will be a presentation at Community Board 3's economic development committee from UBS Community Affairs. The global finance firm, in partnership with California-based...
As 2013 draws to a close, we would like to thank the more than 50 advertisers who supported The Lo-Down online and in print this year. They helped make it possible for us to continue covering the neighborhood month...
