Here's an update on the fate of the Bialystoker Nursing Home building at 228 East Broadway. As we have reported, the troubled home closed late last month after the last of its residents found new accommodations. Facing what they...
If you haven't gotten your flu shot yet, there's another opportunity this weekend. On Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. free flu shots are being offered in the community room of the Vladeck Houses, 328 Madison Street. The...
Lo-Down reader K Webster snapped this photo early today high above the New Museum, where fans camped out on the sidewalk for a chance to attend a book event next Tuesday night featuring Lady Gaga and celebrity photographer Terry...
We just returned from the New Museum, where fans of Lady Gaga camped out through the night for a chance to attend a book event featuring the ubiquitous pop star and celebrity photographer Terry Richardson next Tuesday. The line...
This will be quite the scene! The New Museum will be hosting the only U.S. launch event for Lady Gaga's new photo book. The book features more than 350 color and black and white photographs taken by fashion photographer...
Who has access to the Lower East Side's public playing fields and under what circumstances? These are questions that have come up time and again over the years. But as both youth and adult leagues steadily expand and demand...
Occupy Wall Street-inspired protests drift towards the Lower East Side this weekend.
Tomorrow, several organizations are planning a "town hall meeting" at Seward Park High School, as an expression of support for the Occupty Wall Street movement. Earlier this...
Last week, we noted that the East River Park rehabilitation project appears certain to miss another deadline. On the Parks Department web site, an advisory still points towards a "fall 2011" reopening of the promenade, which has now been...
Here's the scary map from the Weather Channel. As you no doubt know by now, snow is in the forecast tomorrow. The winter blast has claimed its first victim: the final 2011 weekend of the Hester Street Fair. This...
Goldman Sachs' decision to withdraw its support from the LES People's Federal Credit Union has garnered a lot of media attention in the past week. Today in the Guardian, there's an interesting follow-up to the story -- an investigation...
