A couple of weeks ago the Lower East Side Girls Club broke ground on their new home on Avenue D. Today, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development is out with a news release highlighting the 78 units of...
From time to time, we like to check in with the neighborhood's business owners to see how things are going "on the front lines." Recently, I stopped by Zarin Fabric Warehouse to chat with David Zarin, president of one...
For the last five years, Mary Fitzgerald has baked custom-order sweets for weddings, birthdays and other occasions in a rented commercial kitchen in Long Island City, schlepping her ingredients and finished products hither and thither and relying on word-of-mouth...
We've just received word (via twitter) that there is a building on fire at 628 Broadway, just above Houston. LES resident, and journalist, Jennifer Strom sent us this photo a few minutes ago. Let's hope this isn't a trend.