A cold day on Pike Street, with the Manhattan Bridge in the distance.
In the news this past week:
--JDS Development Group was dealt a setback in its plan for a mega-tower in the Two Bridges area after losing an appeal...
Photo via Dan Goldman's Twitter: The Congressman-elect with State Senator Kavanagh and Assemblywoman-elect Grace Lee.
This week's Lower East Side news:
--The governor survived a scare on Tuesday evening, winning a full term, while Democrats in some suburban areas...
Photo: An early voting site on the Lower East Side was pretty quirt on Saturday.
In the news:
--Early voting is over in New York City. If you haven't voted in the general election, you will need to cast...
Photo: Some determined runners at the East River running track. Could the NYC Marathon be a week away?
In the news this week:
--A decade after Hurricane Sandy, resiliency projects to protect the Lower East Side and other vulnerable...
Photo: From NYC_DOT Instagram Saturday - a sidewalk shed removed from Clinton Street.
In the news this week:
--Here's a good one: "After a lag, a developer brings relatively rare luxury housing to the Lower East Side." They're talking...
Photo: Fall colors starting to show in Seward Park.
In the news this week:
--Big trouble for the owner of 225 Bowery, the former flop house that was converted into a luxury hotel in partnership with the Ace Hotel brand....
Photo by Friends of Pier 35 Park. The recreation deck, part of the interim park at Pier 42 (at the end of Montgomery Street), just opened.
This week's Lower East Side news headlines:
--The new Moxy Hotel at Bowery...
Photo: The fun and games, and food, will wrap up on Grand Street tonight as the 2022 Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy comes to a close.
The tainted water scare at the Riis Houses may have been...
Photo: Essex and Delancey streets, September 2022.
In the news:
--Residents of the Riis Houses are suing NYCHA in the aftermath of the arsenic water scare at the public housing complex.
--City officials will be called before the City Council...
Photo: The early morning view heading over the Williamsburg Bridge.
Headlines from the past week, including a roundup of NY-10 primary news:
--Pundits aren't making a lot of bold predictions about the outcome of the NY-10 congressional primary.
--In the...
