snow creatures 2011

As we continue looking back on 2011, a special tribute to the Lower East Side (ahem) "Persons of the Year," this past winter's irrepressible snow creatures! Let's begin on that fateful day, January 13th, when LES resident (and later TLD...

Lo-Down reader Bridget Bosworth is doing an excellent job keeping us alerted to the ongoing transformations of our new local hero, the Giant Snowman at Essex and Canal.  Looks like he got a little buried last night!

Thanks to L.E.S. resident Bridget Bosworth for this update on the crowd-pleasing snowman in front of the fruit stand at Essex and Canal. He just keeps growing! You'll want to have your umbrella with you today - it will...

Earlier today, Jill Fehrenbacher of Inhabitat sent along a new photo of our favorite snow creature. If you're a regular reader, you know we've been keeping tabs on this guy/girl on the corner of Essex and Canal since the...

Six days after the indomitable snowman went viral on The Lo-Down, it's still hanging in there on the corner of Essex and Canal. The rain continues this morning before moving out. We're expecting a high of 39. Today we'll...

Thanks to Bridget Bosworth for brightening our day with this photo of a monster snowman at the corner of Essex and Canal. Wowza.