Finally this week, the residents of 400 Grand Street got to hear directly from the city about their fate. For nearly three years, they've been desperately trying to get answers about the status of their building, which sits on...
Last summer, I conducted an extensive interview with Barry Chusid, a longtime Lower East Side resident fighting to save 400 Grand Street, the apartment building he'd called home for many years. This morning there's some sad news to report...
Yesterday Crain's posted an interesting story about the demise of the Mars Bar and the silver lining for several East Village tenants:
An octogenarian playwright, a drag queen and a kvetcher provoked nightly by the bar's cacophony are among...
This past Friday morning, the LES Jewish Conservancy had lots of help from its friends in celebrating the grand opening of the Kling & Niman Family Visitor Center at 400 Grand Street. The storefront gives the organization a visible...
The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy plans to open the doors of its Kling and Niman Family Visitor Center on Grand Street Friday morning at 11 a.m., with an inaugural ceremony that's open to the public and expected to...
You may have noticed an addition to 400 Grand Street in the past few days: a brand new awning. The future home of the the LES Jewish Conservancy is coming along. We're told the organization's Visitor Center, formerly Ruby's...
Via email blast, we learn the LES Jewish Conservancy is just about ready to debut its new Visitor Center at 400 Grand Street. The storefront, formerly Ruby's Fruits, is scheduled to open next month after undergoing extensive renovations. You...
Three stories we have been following will be the subject of community meetings on the Lower East Side tonight. First, a fledgling group hoping to improve the dog run at Corlear's Hook Park will hold an organizing meeting. It'll...
Barry Chusid is fighting to stay in his home, a 100-year-old, city-owned tenement located at 400 Grand Street. But this is not your average story of a guy at war with City Hall. That's because Chusid (and the residents...
The doors have been closed at Ruby's fruit and vegetable stand at 400 Grand St. for over three weeks and the word on the street is that Ruby Baumgarten has finally retired. There had been some community concern over...
