Just yesterday, we reported that the Landmarks Preservation Commission rejected a request to protect 75 Essex St., the former Good Samaritan/Eastern District Dispensary Building. Now the property, briefly pulled off the market by owner Shalom Eisner, is once again...
There was a bit of news last night during our panel discussion on historic preservation at the Manny Cantor Center. In the last several days, reported Joyce Mendelsohn of the preservation group Friends of the Lower East Side, hopes...
Here's an update on the campaign to protect 75 Essex St., the former Good Samaritan/Eastern District Dispensary Building. Earlier this week, Community Board 3 voted 34-1 in favor of a resolution in support of an application now before the...
The owner of 75 Essex St., a new focal point of the Lower East Side preservation wars, says he now hopes to develop the property himself and has put plans to sell it on the back burner. Last night,...
As preservationists move forward with their efforts to save the former Good Samaritan/Eastern District Dispensary building at 75 Essex St., at least one potential buyer reports it's stepped away from the property. This morning, a spokesperson for the Essex...
The following article by Joyce Mendelsohn of the Friends of the Lower East Side first appeared in the February 2014 edition of The Lo-Down's print magazine.
As rapid development continues to alter the character of the Lower East Side, collective...
