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Roger Bultot sent along this photo from Sara D. Roosevelt Park.  COVID-19 isn't stopping these art enthusiasts.

From the Inbox: Local resident and Lo-Down reader, Cass Lilien, wrote us an uplifting note -- "Hoping to share a story about why I love my neighborhood and Dah Shop...My bike and main source of transportation was run over while parked in front of my apartment on Orchard Street...

As local museums begin to re-open after months of COVID-19 closures, the Tenement Museum has announced a phased re-opening plan...

Seward Park Library is back open for "grab and go" service to return or pick up your reserved books (holds). Masks are required for entry. Meanwhile their programming is amping up online

The New York Times called it, "yet another symbol of reckless socializing during the pandemic." Last Saturday night, August 1, a party boat known as "The Liberty Belle" departed Pier 36 on the Lower East Side in violation of city and state COVID-19 regulations.

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Katz's Delicatessen has launched local delivery, directly from its website -- the owners of the iconic Lower East Side restaurant concluding they can offer a better deal than third party delivery companies like Seamless and Grubhub.

In a troubling sign of the times, the popular dessert shop Doughnut Plant announced their decision to close all of their shops, "at least through August," this past week.

Longtime activist bookstore, cafe and collective, Bluestockings Bookstore, has announced they are being forced to move from their location at 172 Allen St., after 21 years. They write: Friends, comrades, fierce lovers of radical spaces to reimagine our world, We did...

Beloved Italian cafe, Gaia, has announced via Facebook that Sunday, July 26th, will be its last day at the restaurant's current location on Houston Street. Gaia had adopted to the takeout only COVID-19 environment and was offering grocery items to go...