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Lo-Down reader Julie Huang sent us a few photos showing the sloppy, slippery conditions in the nabe.  It's not exactly a news flash that New York's record snowfall has made walking around the Lower East Side a little tricky...

The emotions ran the gamut last night inside the auditorium of P.S. 20 on Essex Street. Elation, anger, relief, regret and pride were all palpable as Community Board 3 held an historic vote on the future of the Seward...

This evening Community Board 3 voted unanimously to endorse a set of planning guidelines for the redevelopment of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, effectively putting an end to the Lower East Side's longest and most bitter grudge match. It...

Here's a look at how mainstream news organizations and citywide blogs are reporting last night's vote to approve the Seward Park redevelopment guidelines. The New York Times: After sitting fallow for 43 years as the Lower East Side exploded in...

It was the deal most everyone thought could not get done. Four decades after hundreds of homes and businesses were bulldozed in the name of urban renewal, Community Board 3 took an historic step last night towards finally rebuilding...

After 43 years of bitter battles over the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Community Board 3's land use committee approved a set of planning guidelines tonight for the 7-acre parcel next to the Williamsburg Bridge. Only one member of...

Over the last several months, as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area planning process chugged forward, we’ve sat through countless community board meetings, interviewed dozens of local residents and decision-makers and published op-eds from various players invested in the...

' The following opinion piece was written by Brett Leitner, founder of SHARE, a neighborhood organization advocating for the redevelopment of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area: Now is the Time for Progress on SPURA! The saga of SPURA has come...

Editor's note: The following opinion piece was written by Joel Feingold, a community organizer with GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side). It was posted on the Villager web site a short time ago. Feingold sent the article to The...

Monday night, 22 community activists will file into the Henry Street Settlement's gym, poised to make a big decision. After two-and-a-half years of deliberations, Community Board 3's land use committee is finally scheduled to vote on planning guidelines for...