The board of the defunct Bialystoker Nursing home says it's still anxious to sell the organization's East Broadway building. Preservationists are still waiting to find out whether the Landmarks Preservation Commission will protect the building. And for the first...
Half Gallery features the art of Wes Lang in “Here Comes Sunshine,” a fun collection that draws on a variety of influences including tattoo art and motorcycle culture. Ominous references to impending death are plentiful as are nods to...
This popular feature spotlights a wide variety of people who live and work on the Lower East Side. This week, we are featuring Josh Russ Tupper, co-owner of the beloved appetizing store, Russ and Daughters. (Josh was also featured...
Here's an update on the fire this past weekend at the 125-year-old "pink building," otherwise know as the former Ridley & Sons Department Store. The fire broke out Friday night on the third floor of 321 Grand Street (also...
For decades, the Lower East Side bled into Soho bohemia. The two neighborhoods shared seedy streets, and tin-ceilinged lofts where artists were able to live cheaply, pouring their passion onto canvasses and paper. Though this deliciously dangerous atmosphere populated...
Owners of 321 Grand Street, where a fire broke out Friday night, moved quickly Sunday to protect the 125 year old building from the elements. Windows on three floors of the former Ridley & Sons Department Store are now...
Look for cloudy skies today and a high of 60. The forecast calls for rain late tonight, continuing into tomorrow. Our Community Calendar is freshly updated to start the week. Have a look - and feel free to self-submit...
Thanks to Chiun Ng for sending this photo from La Plaza Cultural, the community garden on East 9th Street. Today it's going to be rainy and windy at times with a high of 63. Looks like the rain will...
Lo-Down reader Kristin Ellington reminded us that there's only a few more days left in the Kickstarter campaign to help fund Brian Rose's "Time and Space on the Lower East Side."
Rose and collaborator Ed Fausty photographed the neighborhood...
