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We've been meaning to post a little update on Essex Flowers' move to Grand Street.  Owner Bill Frazer is settling in at 365 Grand Street, the former home of the infamous pizzeria, Isabella's Oven. It's a much larger location...

Our friends at the Hester Street Fair would like you to know you can keep cool and stay stylish this weekend because both the Misting Oasis Tent and the popular "Summer Stylist Tent Event" will be back on Saturday...

From time to time, we like to check in with the neighborhood's business owners to see how things are going "on the front lines." Recently, I stopped by Zarin Fabric Warehouse to chat with David Zarin, president of one...

Pride Goes East, a collaboration between Fourth Arts Block and the Lower East Side BID, is wrapping up it's month-long performance celebration with a Lower East Side "shop-a-thon" with special events during Pride Week beginning this Saturday. Participating business...

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver recalled his grandparents' house at 77 Hester Street just down the block, where they established the first of what is now five generations of Silvers to make their home in the neighborhood. Wei-Li Tjong recounted childhood moments of staring...

Here's this week's email blast from the Hester Street Fair: First thing's first...we are hosting a SPRING CLEAN SALE for the families affected by the recent fire on Grand Street in Chinatown.  Local residents, hipsters, stylists and friends cleaned out...

The Hester Street Fair is gearing up for a great Mother's Day on the Lower East Side with all kinds of new offerings. Organizer SuChin Pak says they've been working hard to introduce new vendors each week and to...

Via Twitter and Facebook today, we learned Case de Rodriguez on Stanton Street is closing its retail store. The shop, specializing in custom made hats, opened not long after 9/11. Here's te announcement: We are closing our Brick & Mortar...

On Wednesday, we mentioned the Karl Lagerfeld fashion shoot on Orchard Street. It continued yesterday with the addition of a crane and a whole lot of gawkers. Apparently he's shooting a new campaign for Chanel. Fortunately for us, Lo-Down...