Photography

These lovely photos are courtesy of local photographer and designer Stephen Spera. (click through for more!)      

The new streetlight going in on East Houston Street, at Clinton, this morning.

Hanging out on Clinton Street, near East Broadway this afternoon.

 

We love this photo from jdx. It's a mural by street artist wk interact - brilliantly captured above Arlene's Grocery on Stanton between Orchard and Ludlow (behind the old Cafe Charbon).

If you're a regular reader of The Lo-Down you're probably familiar with the work of A. Jesse Jiryu Davis. From time-to-time, we feature his striking black-and-white photos depicting people on the streets of our Lower East Side neighborhood. A few...

It will be partly cloudy today with the temperature nearing 70℉. We are very excited about our CMJ Music showcase at Fontana's tonight.  Our eclectic group of musicians all have ties to the Lower East Side. It's going to...

Thanks to Robert Hudak for sending along this gorgeous photo of Delancey Street. Some clouds this morning should give way to mostly sunny skies this afternoon, with a high around 69℉. Coming up today, our popular feature, "My LES,"...

Photographer Rebecca Lepkoff  recalls a time when the streets of the Lower East Side were like a theater. “There was always something happening… life took place on the street,” she says. Lepkoff, 95, grew up in a tenement at 60...

Thanks to Lo-Down reader Giacinta Frisillo for this lovely picture of the carnival on Pitt Street last night. The event is put on by Our Lady of Sorrows Church.