Not everyone was put out by the Boxing Day Blizzard of 2010. Glenn Lazzaro decided to make the most of the "powder" in East River Park and sent us this nice video clip of his antics. Click on the...
This morning, members of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation board allocated $100 million for a performing arts center at the World Trade Center, $20 million for a bridge at West Thames Street in Battery Park City and $15 million...
As you may have heard, The Lo-Down is co-sponsoring this fun event at the Educational Alliance on Wednesday. Writers Gary Shteyngart and Joanna Smith Rakoff happen to be friends from college and share a love of the Lower East...
There's still some time left to get outside and enjoy some gorgeous fall weather here on the Lower East Side -- before winter sets in. If you like to work out outdoors, East River Park (which is oh, SO...
WNYC posted a story this morning that's sure to get Lower East Side residents talking. It's an update on the problem-plagued reconstruction of East River Park, a project that has dragged on for a decade. Matthew Schuerman reports:
The city...
This weekend in East River Park, a group of longtime neighborhood residents are putting on a free concert -- it's the third annual "Reunion of the LES Bands." Among the acts set to perform: Robbie & Gary Z's 70's...
Tucked away in a corner of Corlear’s Hook Park, where Cherry and Jackson streets meet the southern end of East River Park, a mulch-and-straw-covered fenced lot awaits four-legged visitors and their caretakers.
Not that many come. Corlear’s Hook Park Dog...
If you can't make it to SummerStage at E. River Park to hear the drum banging indie rock band, White Rabbits, tonight, you can log on and listen to a live stream via East Village Radio. Check in online...
The City Parks Foundation is teaming up with Transportation Alternatives to offer FREE bike valet service for all the Summer Stage shows happening in the East River Park throughout the month of August. The program is part of an...
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