July 19, 2010, marked the fourth anniversary of a bold and ambitious decision by the congregation of an historic Lower East Side synagogue. Saddled with a crumbling building they could not afford to repair, the members of Young Israel...
Since the bottom fell out of the real estate market in 2007, stalled construction sites have become part of the landscape on the Lower East Side, as well as throughout New York City. We see a hole in the...
A couple of weeks ago the Lower East Side Girls Club broke ground on their new home on Avenue D. Today, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development is out with a news release highlighting the 78 units of...
In the spring, we attended a contentious meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission over the future of the Greek Orthodox Church on East 2nd Street. Tonight, Community Board 3's landmarks subcommittee will wade into the controversy. Both sides in...
There's been lots of talk recently about the pros and cons of creating a Chinatown Business Improvement District. Critics of the plan have emerged both in the historic heart of Chinatown, but also in Soho and the Lower East...
Nicole Paikoff of Corcoran let us know about a special open house tour featuring four Lower East Side apartments tonight. These broker/buyer tours are usually not open to the general public, she says, but an exception is being made...
What does it take to fix a sidewalk in New York City? Quite a lot, it seems. For the past several years, local residents have been complaining about large holes in the crumbling sidewalk on Columbia Street, in front...
Community Board 3's land use committee slogged through a very full agenda in a steamy four hour meeting last night. We'll have more on their discussions with the Chinatown Working Group later. First some other matters.
The panel approved two...
For the last five years, Mary Fitzgerald has baked custom-order sweets for weddings, birthdays and other occasions in a rented commercial kitchen in Long Island City, schlepping her ingredients and finished products hither and thither and relying on word-of-mouth...
Members of the Chinatown Working Group will present revised zoning proposals to Community Board 3's land use committee tonight. The coalition - representing 50 neighborhood organizations - intends to submit a comprehensive community development plan to the city in...
