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...
Next Tuesday, March 10, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission LPC) will hear an application to designate the Church of St. Mary on the Lower East Side as an individual landmark.
Local residents, in partnership with the Lower East Side...
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...
Photo: Chinatown YMCA Lunar New Year celebration; Saturday February 7; Photo by Louis Chan.
Lunar New Year will be officially celebrated Tuesday, February 17. The celebrations continue in Chinatown throughout the month and into March.
The annual Firecracker Ceremony and...
Photo: Brian Kavanagh at an event in Seward Park in 2020.
State Senator Brian Kavanagh has announced he won't be running for re-election. He's represented the 27th Senate District, including the Lower East Side and most of Lower Manhattan,...
This storefront on the southeast corner of Orchard and Hester street might not look like much at the moment, but in the months ahead it will become the new home of Nonfiction, a South-Korea based fragarance brand.
On its...
If you're interested in volunteering to serve on your community board, applications are now open. Appointments to New York City's 59 boards are made by borough presidents (half of the members of each board are nominated by local City...
For a lot of museums, an on-site restaurant and bar might be a nice amenity for visitors. But in the case of Canyon, the new cultural venue opening on the Lower East Side later this year, food and drink...
