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Editor' note: The St. Patrick's Day Parade kicks off on 5th Avenue later this morning. So it seems like a good time to re-publish this informative piece from the LES History Project's Eric Ferrara recalling the parade's Lower Manhattan...

The following column was written by TLD contributor Eric Ferrara of the Lower East Side History Project: If you were down and out on the Bowery in the 1940s or 1950s, you wouldn’t want to earn the reputation as a...

Editor’s note: Today we have the second installment of our new LES history series with Eric Ferrara, the founder of the Lower East Side History Project: It is hard for us to imagine not having a C-Town nearby or a...

Editor's note: Today we're kicking off a new LES history series with Eric Ferrara, the founder of the Lower East Side History Project.  In honor of President's Day, Eric looks at the enduring allure of this neighborhood to occupants...