We'd love to see you this evening at the Manny Cantor Center for a Rooftop Happy Hour from 6-8 p.m. They'll be turning the tables on us. That means we're going to be answering a few questions for a...
This weekly feature spotlights a wide variety of people who live and work on the Lower East Side. If you know someone you would like to suggest be featured in “My LES,” please email us here.
This week's L.E.S.-er is...
When Traven and I started the Lo-Down way back in April, one of our biggest goals was to provide a forum for artists and other creative people in the neighborhood to tell us about the interesting things they're doing....
We recently visited a fantastic show on the roof of New Design High School. The school's third annual Rooftop Legends show included graffiti artists from around the world and resulted in an array of fabulous art on the walls...
We caught up with Principal Scott Conti and Dean Jesse Pais at New Design High School's Rooftop Legends show over the weekend. They told us why they love the Lower East Side. We'll be posting a piece about their...
Photo credits: Sarah Palmer
Rooftop Films will be celebrating their opening night tomorrow with an evening of live music and short films down here on the rooftop at the New Design High School on Grand St. Don't miss the Open...
Norfolk St, originally uploaded by emptysquare.We are currently featuring photography by A Jesse Jiryu Davis in our Photo Gallery. Jesse is a portrait and event photographer based in New York City. As a self-taught photographer, he began taking assignments...
We've been bringing you the stories of the recession's impact on small businesses on the Lower East Side. The other day, I visited Pedro Vargas, the owner of the Clinton Restaurant, a fixture at the corner of Clinton and...