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...
A tipster has just alerted us to a Karl Lagerfeld sighting on Orchard Street. He went in to the boarded up location soon to be Casa Mezcal. Our tipster writes, "They were bringing in a truck full of old...
It looks like a new clothing store is coming to lower Orchard Street. New restaurants and clothing boutiques have, of course, transformed this block (between Broome and Grand) in the last few years. We're told the men's shop "The...
In December, we previewed our new series, "On Essex," a monthly exploration of one of the Lower East Side's most fascinating blocks. Throughout 2010, we'll be bringing you multimedia stories reflecting the old and the new - audio interviews...
During the economic downturn, it has, of course, been commonplace to see shuttered businesses on the Lower East Side and in Chinatown. But a closing we heard about this week is especially significant. Sinotique, Jan Lee's antique, home...
