When Chris Jennings and Alex Hage-Boutros moved into their new store a few weeks ago, one of their many challenges was cleaning out menorahs and other items left by the previous tenant, a Judaica store that closed this spring after calling Essex Street...
Moments ago, the City Planning Commission unanimously approved the Seward Park Mixed Use Development Plan. The proposal to build 900 apartments and commercial spaces on nine parcels near the Williamsburg Bridge now moves to the City Council. More to...
The Lower East Side BID officially moved forward with plans to expand its boundaries yesterday, holding two public meetings to explain the proposal to neighborhood property owners, business owners and residents. The meetings, a mandatory step in the government-approval...
For the past couple of years, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District has been planning a major expansion of its boundaries beyond the Orchard Street corridor that has been the organization's focus in the past two decades. That...
Editor's note: Our July print magazine has hit the streets. If you haven't been able to pick up a copy (we'll post a list of locations later today), here's the online version of our cover story:
Mark Hernandez is not...
Former Seattle-ites Michael Yuasa and Peter Humphrey are looking to bring some tasty morsels to the East Village. Yuasa, who is a partner in the recently opened Caffe Vita "outpost" on Ludlow Street, has now teamed up with Humphrey...
On Tuesday, we told you about Lucky Ant, a new Lower East Side start-up devoted to hyperlocal crowdfunding for small businesses. The company's current project was Grotto, the Italian restaurant on Forsyth Street. Grotto was trying to raise $7500...
Today we're excited to officially announce that The Lo-Down is starting a monthly print magazine. Like the web site, it will be full of Lower East Side news, arts coverage, food features, information about new businesses and event listings. ...
Last week elected officials and business leaders gathered at Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office to celebrate the creation of a new kind of business in New York state. Silver and State Senator Daniel Squadron pushed legislation through the Legislature...
