We're inching closer to the start of construction of a new residential development at 100 Essex Street, on the site that was once home to the historic Essex Street Market. This means long-anticipated accessibility upgrades (elevator service) at the...
The Ridge Street Apartments, a senior housing development behind St. Mary's Church, is starting to make progress toward its full 16-story height.
The project at 145 Broome St. was undertaken by the Grand Street Guild and Catholic Homes of...
Wu's Wonton King, the Cantonese restaurant at 165 East Broadway, has been popular with both locals and food critics since it opened in 2016. A year-and-a-half after its debut, The New York Times published a glowing review, which noted,...
The Landmarks Preservation Commission today (April 7, 2026) voted unanimously to designate the Church of Saint Mary on the Lower East Side as an individual landmark.
Parishioners, community members, and preservationists launched a grass roots campaign to secure landmark protection...
The original M.Schames & Son paint store building, a fixture on lower Essex Street for generations, is now only a memory.
The business, one of the oldest on the Lower East Side, relocated to Delancey Street years ago, after...
We first met Hedy Page (also known as Hedy Pagemanski) one fall afternoon in 2014. She had set up a folding chair and easel across from 400-402 Grand St., twin century-old tenements where Trader Joe's and Target are now...
You may have noticed some activity in the past few weeks inside the former Essex Street Market building on the north side of Delancey Street. Workers are removing debris from the 1940s-era single story structure, apparently in advance of...
Last month we reported that Community Board 3 (CB3) had drafted a resolution urging the Mamdani Administration to overhaul management of the Essex Market. The resolution was advanced by CB3's land use and housing committee, but at the full...
Last summer we noted that fashion designer Alexander Wang and his mother, Ying Wang, purchased the landmark-protected former Citizens Savings Bank at 58 Bowery in Chinatown for $9.5 million. In the past few days, you may have seen the...
