It was a gorgeous fall day on Orchard Street yesterday--perfect weather for celebrating Apple Day on the Lower East Side . We've got coverage of the Apple Pie Eating Contest and some great photos after the jump:
The West Side has the High Line. Could the Lower East Side one day boast a dramatic new urban oasis of its own? In next week's edition of New York Magazine (now online), James Ramsey (an architect) and Daniel...
This week, hundreds of supporters (including the neighborhood's political establishment) helped Gouverneur Healthcare Services celebrate 126 years on the Lower East Side. We were on hand, as well, Wednesday night, for the annual banquet held at Jing Fong on...
A short time ago, the Landmarks Subcommittee of the City Council voted 4-1 to disapprove the landmarking of 135 Bowery, an 1817 federal style row house.
Community activists won a rare victory this past summer, when the Landmarks Preservation Commission...
This morning, the Wall Street Journal files a report on 135 Bowery, an 1817 row house that was declared a New York City landmark in June but now faces a new threat. As we reported last month, City Councilmember...
There's been a lot of media coverage lately about Delancey Street, one of the city's most dangerous thoroughfares. A series of fatal accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists, plus a controversial new barricade going up around the Williamsburg Bridge have...
Last month, the Educational Alliance announced it planned a top-to-bottom, multi-million dollar renovation of its flagship building at 197 East Broadway. Today we have the first interview with Robin Bernstein, the organization's longtime president and CEO, about the big...
A 28-year old police recruit, Sherman Adams of Coney Island, died during a training run along the East River last night. It happened around 5:40 p.m., after a day of exercises that took place between East Houston and 14th...
In the weeks since the Bialystoker Nursing Home announced its closure, Board Chairman Ira Mesiter has been silent -- as critics alleged he was seeking to profit from the institution's demise. The New York Times has gotten the first...
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Ten years later in Lower Manhattan. Here's the live broadcast from the 9/11 Memorial, as 2,749 men and women who died on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center are remembered.
Here on the Lower East...
