Here are two recent videos in which the LES neighborhood is the star (or at least has a cameo). They both, of course, tout clothing labels but they reflect the roots of the neighborhood skate and graffiti scene that...
We recently visited a fantastic show on the roof of New Design High School. The school's third annual Rooftop Legends show included graffiti artists from around the world and resulted in an array of fabulous art on the walls...
We went to the Chinatown YMCA yesterday for the "Final Four" tournament of their youth basketball league. A budget shortfall threatened to sideline the league until a local attorney came to the rescue.
We caught up with Principal Scott Conti and Dean Jesse Pais at New Design High School's Rooftop Legends show over the weekend. They told us why they love the Lower East Side. We'll be posting a piece about their...
Photo credits: Sarah Palmer
Rooftop Films will be celebrating their opening night tomorrow with an evening of live music and short films down here on the rooftop at the New Design High School on Grand St. Don't miss the Open...
Since it came up at the transportation town hall on the LES last night, we thought we'd provide a visual demonstration of the silly situation on Delancey Street, at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge. Even if you're walking...
Today the New York Times got around to discussing the wonders of inexpensive cuts of meat, just two weeks after The Lo-Down brought you Essex Market butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter's cheap meat primer.
Visit Jeffrey's web site here.
This delightful piece by Howard Fishman about the Donner Party
will be at the Abrons Arts Center this weekend. We stopped by one of the rehearsals to
speak with Howard about it. "we are destroyed" is directed by Ed Schmidt and...
