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.