A short time ago, NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, with elected officials and neighborhood activists at his side, announced the city is making some concessions to more fully protect the city's community gardens. Protesters had strongly opposed the city's...
Earlier this week, representatives of the LES Business Improvement District briefed Community Board 3 on the organization's proposed expansion. As we have reported in the past, the BID is looking at new boundaries encompassing most of the neighborhood below...
When I stopped by the Stanton Street Shul one day last week, I found Rabbi Josh Yuter alone in the beis midrash, a ground floor study room. He was seated at a long table, working on his laptop computer. ...
Are you a journalism student in search of a great internship? The Lo-Down is now accepting applications for the fall semester. Our interns are assigned a specific news beat, and are called on to develop/report/write stories relevant to that...
Art Info interviews the young curator, James Fuentes, about the decision to move his well-known gallery from St. James Place in Chinatown to a new, conspicuous storefront on Delancey, near Eldridge. Fuentes says the search for a new space...
Edward Kohn, the author of the "Great Heat Wave of 1896," has been getting lots of media exposure. A couple of days ago, he visited Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, discussing "Theodore Roosevelt's bold move to save the...
Brasserie Cognac mixologist Ben Demarchelier is getting ready for tonight's debut of L'Oubli, his new cocktail and small plates spot at 188 Suffolk Street. No food this evening - but drinks will be served from 5pm until closing.
In addition...
In the past five months, Bob Zuckerman has definitely been making his presence known on the Lower East Side. The new executive director of the Business Improvement District has become a familiar face at community board meetings, as well...
If you haven't heard by now, a guy who lives on the Lower East Side caught Alex Rodriguez's 600th home run ball at Yankee Stadium today. Zell's Pinstripe Blog (screen cap above) has the story. In a nutshell, 23-year...
Michael Ming is establishing roots on the Lower East Side. Just a few months after opening the MMJ Agency at 211 East Broadway, he's already making a name for himself in the neighborhood as a go-to source for insurance...
