If you made it out to Pickle Day on Orchard Street yesterday, you know it was packed. Those lines to acquire a pickle on a stick were pretty daunting. The event, sponsored by the Lower East Side BID, seemed...
Last night, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District unveiled its master plan for Orchard Street. The blueprint, designed by local architectural firm Pilot Projects, is meant to improve safety, traffic flow and aesthetics on the historic retail strip...
Coming up tomorrow night, the Lower East Side Business Improvement District will present its plan for the redesign of Orchard Street before the transportation committee of Community Board 3. The proposal is the culmination of a community visioning process,...
In a meeting at the LES Tenement Museum last week, business owners, property owners and residents got up close and personal with a scale model of Orchard Street. While they might have enjoyed playing with the miniature trees and...
Here's a quick reminder about tonight's workshop to solicit feedback from businesses and residents about a master plan for Orchard Street. It'll include a 16-foot 3D model to help facilitate a discussion about traffic flow, streetscape design and safety....
Orchard Street -- with its historic tenements, mix old and new retail and distinctive character -- remains a Lower East Side treasure. But it's also got some drawbacks. The narrow corridor is often congested with trucks making deliveries, and...
Day 2 of shooting for the Cinemax series, "The Knick," has not yet begun; we'll see how afternoon rain showers might impact the production schedule. A short time ago, some kids were getting the grand tour of the elaborate...
Here are a few photos from this morning's TV shoot on Orchard Street, near Broome. Director Stephen Soderbergh and Cinemax are in production for "The Knick," a new drama focused on the 1900-era Knickerbocker Hospital.
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If you live on Orchard or Broome streets -- or anywhere in the immediate vicinity -- you can't have missed the transformation on those blocks during the past week.
Tomorrow and Thursday, the new Cinemax series, "The Knick," will...
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) profiles lower Orchard Street today, noting that a series of real estate deals and smaller entrepreneurial projects are transforming a three block stretch below Grand Street. The article also includes a few new...
