Beginning this week, multimedia artists Theresa Loong and Laura Nova will be plastering extremely large photos of plates of food on the wall inside First Street Green Park at the corner of East Houston Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan.
The Williamsburg Bridge opened December 19, 1903. At 1600 feet, it was the world's longest suspension bridge for more than 20 years. Relive opening day here.
Rebecca Lepkoff’s photographs of the Lower East Side are as much an expression of herself as they are of this rapidly changing neighborhood.
“They’re a wonderful way to see what it used to be like here – what life used...
Lower East Side preservationists are buzzing this weekend about a potentially blockbuster discovery.
This photo, they believe, may offer proof that remnants still exist from the Bull's Head Tavern, one of the most historically significant sites from 18th century New...
The Seward Park Branch Library has announced the first program of its 2013/2014 Lower East Side Heritage Film Series, Rebecca Lepkoff: In photographs and conversation, on Tuesday, October 15th.
Ms. Lepkoff, a renowned historical New York City photographer and nonagenarian...
Tomorrow night, there will be a screening of Clayton Patterson's 1988 "Tompkins Square Police Riot" video at the Anthology Film Archives. The complete three hour version has rarely been shown in public. Here's the blurb:
Clayton Patterson’s life changed dramatically...
Last month, we mentioned the documentary film project on Streit's Matzo. A Kickstarter campaign to help pay the production costs is winding down May 31. So far, filmmaker Michael Levine has raised $47,000 out of $60,000 required. If you'd...
The following column was written by TLD contributor Eric Ferrara of the Lower East Side History Project:
If you were down and out on the Bowery in the 1940s or 1950s, you wouldn’t want to earn the reputation as a...
