Executives from Taconic Investment Partners are promising that Essex Crossing, the new mixed-use project coming to the Seward Park site, will be in synch with the Lower East Side neighborhood.
Last month, Taconic as well as L+M Development Partners...
The spectacular Angel Orensanz Center was the setting for last night's Lowline "anti-gala."
The dinner, auction and after-party were all meant to support the ongoing campaign to turn an old trolley terminal under Delancey Street into a park and...
We have been following developments at 50 Bowery, where preservationists hope a demolition/construction project will be halted long enough to investigate a potentially major historical discovery. We learned a bit more information yesterday afternoon regarding the city's stance on...
On Sunday, we reported that a local preservationist had possibly uncovered evidence of the Revolutionary War-era Bull's Head Tavern beneath the Bowery. The New York Times has now picked up on the story and that preservationist, Adam Woodward, has...
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...
In early September we reported that Noah's Ark Deli had closed for the Jewish holidays and might not reopen. Now an eviction notice has gone up outside the storefront at 399 Grand St.
The deli has operated from the...
The hits keep coming for Ludlow Street. Here's this evening's email blast from the Living Room.
We will be closing the Living Room on Ludlow Street at the end of this month. Our last night is Saturday October 26th. ...
Community Board 3's liquor licensing committee will once again take up the controversial issue of The DL, the nightlife venue at 93 Ludlow St., this evening. But before the meeting even begins, there's some news about the LES Dwellers,...
This week, President Jimmy Carter will be back at "Mascot Flats," the first building Habitat for Humanity restored in New York City through the Carter-inspired renovation initiative.
In September of 1984, he came to the dilapidated building on East...
The following story first appeared in the October 2013 edition of The Lo-Down's print magazine.
Nearly a year after Hurricane Sandy devastated Knickerbocker Village, the historic affordable housing complex just two short blocks from the East River, Steven Wong can’t...
