NYFW is Off and Running on the Lower East Side
WEBSep 6, 2024 · Murray was also thinking about New York Fashion Week (NYFW), Sept. 6-11, and considering the upcoming Bowery Showroom schedule. “New York Fashion Week isn’t just a week. Black Business Month isn’t just a month,” Murray said. “There are these initiatives all throughout the year.
Coming Home 50 Years Later: Residents Settle In at the ... - The Lo …
WEBFeb 21, 2018 · Frances Goldin celebrated the opening of 175 Delancey St., January 2018. Photo by Emil Cohen/New York City Council. On a blustery fall day in 2009, Frances Goldin joined fellow affordable housing activists on a desolate stretch of Suffolk Street.At an annual vigil marking the displacement of 2,000 residents from the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), she climbed up on a rickety platform ...
In Appreciation Of “The Bloody Bucket:” Saluting 169 Bar
WEBOct 20, 2015 · 169 Bar photo by Gino Gianoli. Editor’s note: Anmarie Soucie, a Lower East Side resident, lives near 169 Bar on East Broadway. These are her personal observations of the neighborhood standby.
Inside Nine Orchard, New Hotel Coming to Historic Jarmulowsky …
WEBAug 20, 2018 · The 1912 Jarmulowsky Bank Building has been covered in scaffolding and shrouded in secrecy for several years. Now the owner, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, is raising its local profile ahead of the anticipated opening of a boutique hotel in the historic Lower East Side property next year. This month, representatives from various neighborhood organizations have been invited inside the 12 ...
Lottery Opens For 99 Affordable Senior Apartments on Essex …
WEBApr 17, 2017 · Rendering of 175 Delancey St. by Dattner Architects. An affordable housing lottery opened this morning for 99 senior apartments at 175 Delancey St., part of the Essex Crossing project.. All of the apartments, located on site 6 of the large mixed-use development, are one-bedroom units.
Marte Begins City Council Term, Promotes Participatory Budgeting
WEBJan 9, 2022 · Photo: Christopher Marte is sworn in as City Council member in District 1, December 28, 2021. Photo by Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit. The first week is in the books for New York City’s new mayor and an almost all new City Council.
The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 13 – Artist Bonnie Lucas
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · This week on The Lo-Down Culture Cast we spoke with artist Bonnie Lucas, who currently has a show at the gallery Trotter&Sholer on Suffolk Street.. Bonnie has been creating intricate assemblages, collages, drawings and paintings that deconstruct the cliches of girlhood for the past five decades.
A New Version of the Paris Cafe Set to Open in November
WEBOct 17, 2021 · Photo by The Lo-Down. It was a tough blow during the pandemic when Pete O’Connell, owner of the Paris Cafe in the Seaport area, announced he was closing the popular neighborhood hangout, one of New York’s oldest bars.
Lower East Side Arts & Culture Weekly Roundup - The Lo-Down
WEBApr 1, 2024 · Here are some upcoming local events that are on our radar: Take a free lesson from Artist & Tai Chi Master, Daniel Rosenbaum in front of his current solo exhibition, Inner Guardians, Outer Explorers at the Woodward Gallery. The artist will be guiding the Wu Style (1834-1994) short form, beginning with proper standing and then introducing the core movements on Tuesday, April 2nd at 5:30pm.
LES History: A Look Back at the Bowery “Blue Book” - The Lo-Down
WEBApr 8, 2013 · Sleeping it off under the El [or whatever] in 1932, photographer Berenice Abbott. The following column was written by TLD contributor Eric Ferrara of the Lower East Side History Project:. If you were down and out on the Bowery in the 1940s or 1950s, you wouldn’t want to earn the reputation as a “toes-up mokus” or aggressive “pinker” because you just might “catch some heat” from ...