The NYPD has charged two men and one woman in yesterday's high drama robbery, assault and foot chase on Orchard Street yesterday evening in which the shopkeepers of Pilgrim boutique were injured.
A fourth suspect, who is believed to have been...
More on the dramatic scene that unfolded on Orchard Street earlier this evening. A few minutes ago, The Lo-Down's Jennifer Strom spoke with James Fry, who works at Cafe Katja across the street from Pilgrim, the clothing store that...
Pride Goes East, a partnership of the Lower East Side Business Improvement District (LES BID) and Fourth Arts Block (FAB) will host an outdoor NYC Gay Pride Month Launch Party on Saturday, June 4, from 3:30 pm to 7:30...
Mark Miller (of the Mark Miller Gallery, 92 Orchard Street) is in search of a home for this cat, which has been hanging out in the Earnest Sewn clothing store for the past month or so. An elusive character,...
Fans of HBO's How to Make it in America did double-takes on Ludlow Street this afternoon, where a van covered in advertisements for the fictional energy drink Rasta Monsta was parked for a shoot. The cable series, about a...
Earlier this week, the LES Business Improvement District held its annual meeting at Mason Dixon on Essex Street. The organization's leaders looked back on what was really a transitional year -- and looked forward to a busy 2011. They...
You might have noticed the scaffolding that has been in front of Orchard Street's Mark Miller Gallery for many months has finally come down. We checked in with Miller this morning for an update on the gallery's ongoing transformation....
Photographer Stephen Spera sent us these lovely photos after a bike ride through the L.E.S. Here's what he had to say:
I took a long bike ride through the LOWER EAST SIDE today. Incredible and embarrassing, as I live FOUR...
On the Lower East Side, pickle controversies do not go away. This much was proved yesterday at International Pickle Day, where Guss' Pickles may have been gone but it was certainly not forgotten. Patricia Fairhurst, having abandoned her Orchard...
A nice crowd turned out yesterday on Orchard Street between Broome and Grand for the third annual NYC Apple Day. Although we couldn't find any apple pie, there were plenty of apples (and apple-themed food) from local restaurants and...
