Valentine's Day 2011 is already history. But we couldn't resist posting this photo from Pat Arnow -- three ladies celebrating the day in style as they cross Delancey Street (near Essex). Send your photos to us at: info@thelodownny.com.
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...
From this morning's New York Post "Police Blotter:"
A restaurateur returned home to his Lower East Side digs from vacation to find he had been robbed of $20,000, sources said. Georges Forgeois, 52, reported that the cash had been taken...
A lot of people have big expectations heading into tonight's fourth and final mediated discussion on the future of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA). At the last session, in August, facilitator John Shapiro acknowledged members of Community...
Beginning this week, the bicycling and pedestrian advocacy organization, Transportation Alternatives, is stepping up its campaign for safer streets on the East Side. Under the mantle of its East Side Streets Coalition, TA will be holding a series of...
Anytime a bicyclist is hurt or killed on the streets of Lower Manhattan, Bill di Paolo makes a point of getting to the scene as quickly as he possibly can. The founder and executive director of the environmental and...
View Larger MapMembers of Community Board 3 lent their support last night to a campaign by parents of P.S. 110 for stop signs outside the school. The parents appeared before CB3's transportation committee, telling members about safety concerns along...
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...
