During the past few years, we've been following an innovative program at P.S. 126/Manhattan Academy of Technology on Catherine Street. Lower East Side Young Historians is a curriculum devised by teachers Alfonso Guerriero, Jr. and Christopher Piccigallo. It's meant to bring...
Our friends at the Museum at Eldridge Street are partnering with the Center For the Living City to present a yearlong commemorative lecture series dedicated to author and urban activist Jane Jacobs. They write:
This May 4, 2016 marks the...
This Sunday, May 1st, Lower East Side History Month kicks off with their annual LES STORIES: Community Chalking event. The volunteer collaboration is focused on making the neighborhood's stories and history visible to everyone. Participants are encouraged to choose...
For the third year in a row, the month of May will be officially dedicated to Lower East Side History. The list of local organizations participating in LES History Month is growing and new community events have been added.
Lo-Down reader Sara Krivisky sent us these photos after noticing how rundown the historic Jewish heritage mural at 232 East Broadway has become. The photos depict the planning and completion of the project in 1973.
Commemorations are planned across New York this week for the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The tragedy 105 years ago took the lives of 146 workers, most of whom lived on the Lower East Side. Here's a...
A big crowd turned out last month for a one-day food festival organized by the Essex Street Market, the Lowline Lab and the LES Partnership. Two more collaborations are coming up -- focused on the past, present and future of the 75-year-old market.
Coming up on Sunday, February 21st, the Museum at Eldridge presents a free panel discussion on "Jewish New York" with a focus on historic, cultural and culinary treasures of the Jewish Lower East Side.
The conversation, moderated by author Paul...
Our friends at Fourth Arts Block (FAB) sent along their announcement for the third annual Lower East Side History Month. The month-long series of local events will take place in May 2016, kicking off with the popular #LESStories, an interactive chalking project, on Sunday, May 1st and Monday, May 2nd.
