As we indicated yesterday, the board of the Seward Park Cooperative met last night to discuss whether to lease two retail spaces it owns to 7-Eleven and Dunkin' Donuts. A group of residents and other members of the community...
Here's an update on the great chain store brouhaha on Grand Street. A week ago, residents of the sprawling Seward Park Cooperative began circulating an online petition to stop their board from signing leases with 7-Eleven and a Dunkin' Donuts...
The following story first appeared in the May 2012 edition of The Lo-Down's print magazine:
It’s a beautiful spring morning on the Lower East Side in the year 2022. You have awakened in your sun-splashed rental apartment on the 24th...
A lot of people made great contributions to our first print magazine, which debuted on Tuesday. For our cover story, we turned to one of our favorite photographers, Lower East Side resident Vivienne Gucwa. You see her photos in...
This weekend a section of Forsyth Street will be co-named Harry Wieder Way, in memory of the well-known community activist killed in a traffic accident two years ago.
Friends and family will gather Sunday at 2 p.m., at the corner...
Editor's note: the following article is from City Council Member Margaret Chin. The video posted above was produced by the Campaign for Children NYC.
The urgent email from an elementary school principal on the Lower East Side was accented with...
We already posted lots of photos from yesterday's May Day protests. Here's video of the brief tussle between protesters and police officers at Sara D. Roosevelt Park. The NYPD reports 34 people were arrested throughout the city yesterday in...
We're just back from Sara D. Roosevelt Park, where a large group of protesters was involved in a skirmish with police earlier this afternoon. At around 1:30, the group (assembled on East Houston Street between Forsyth and Chrystie) appeared...
Well, The Lo-Down has gone "old school" and the day has finally arrived. We are delighted to be celebrating the launch of our new monthly print magazine this evening, at Fontana's from 6-9 p.m, and we hope you'll join...
As you have no doubt heard, the "Occupy" movement is trying to stage a nationwide general strike today - May Day. Their goal is to bring 125 U.S. cities to a standstill. There are many protest events planned throughout...
