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Parks and Recreation

How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree

If you're looking to recycle your Christmas tree, MulchFest 2014 is right around the corner. You can drop off your tree at numerous locations across the city from January 4-12.  Here on the Lower East Side, your best bet...

Sponsored Post: Halstead Apartment of the Week

Spacious and Sunny 1BR With No Fee! Large 1BR with sunny southern exposures and fully renovated windowed kitchen and bath! Lots of closets and a very good sized bedroom. Living and sleeping are at opposite ends of the apartment for...

Celebration at Siempre Verde Garden on Sunday

Coming up this weekend, there's a party to celebrate a new lease on life at the Siempre Verde Garden on Stanton Street. Last year, the garden was threatened by a potential residential development project. But garden activists got together...
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Officials Allocate $7 Million For Brooklyn Bridge Beach

Local officials gathered along the East River this morning to announce they have set aside $7 million to develop a beach and park under the Brooklyn Bridge. The proposal was initially detailed in the East River Blueway plan, a...

Incident Closes Hamilton Fish Pool (Updated 7/17, 11 a.m.)

An undisclosed incident drew police officers to Hamilton Fish Pool on Pitt Street this afternoon, closing the pool. Several swimmers waiting on the street in hopes of the public pool reopening said a fight had broken out a couple of...

“Paths to Pier 42” Project Rehabilitates Waterfront With Art, Events

Giacinto Frisillo, a contributor at The Lo-Down, has been volunteering with the Hester Street Collaborative as part of their Paths to Pier 42 project on the East River waterfront between Montgomery and Cherry streets. She reports on the progress...
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Happening Now: More Fencing Wilts Celebration for Children’s Magical Garden

Just as supporters of the community greenspace at the corner of Norfolk and Stanton streets prepared to celebrate a victory this afternoon, the developer who owns part of the land escalated the ongoing conflict, sending workers to reinforce the chainlink...

[UPDATED] Celebration at Children’s Magical Garden Tonight

Supporters of Children's Magical Garden will gather this afternoon to celebrate the city's decision to preserve the green space as a community garden. Everyone is invited to the garden at the corner of Norfolk and Stanton streets from 4...

Trapeze School New York Hopes to Fly on the LES

Just last week Hamilton Fish Park's outdoor pool opened its summer season, but when September rolls around and the pools close, there could be something new taking flight at Ham Fish. The Trapeze School New York hopes for an...
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Photos: Friday’s Midnight Half Marathon

Your eyes were not deceiving you Friday night. The Orchard Street Runners and Trimble Racing pulled off their second annual unsanctioned Midnight Half. The runners made their way through parts of Brooklyn, over Lower Manhattan's bridges and passed through...
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The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 19 – Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival

We spoke with Roxy Hunt, Co-Founder of The Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF), for this week's episode of...

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