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WEB5 days ago — The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 21 – Pioneering Gallery Owner James Fuentes. Arts May 25, 2024. This week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast features pioneering Lower East Side gallery owner James Fuentes. Host Traven Rice spoke with Fuentes about how...
30 Years Later, Revisiting Bobby G’s “Youth of the Lower East Side”
WEBMar 5, 2018 — Bobby G’s Delancey Street mural, 1984. The Essex Crossing development project is obviously changing the neighborhood in dramatic ways. A current show at the Hionas Gallery recalls a time, three decades ago, when the former urban renewal site was targeted not for redevelopment — but for radical art. The longtime East Village artist, Robert Goldman (aka Bobby G), was a co-founder of the ...
A Conversation With Ramen Master Ivan Orkin - The Lo-Down : …
WEBJun 5, 2013 — Orkin has won accolades in Japan for his shio ramen (one soup made from two broths) and homemade noodles. After several years in Japan, he returned to New York a little over a year ago with his young family. Orkin’s tie to the LES? His grandfather lived in the neighborhood when he first came to the United States in 1909. Apart from the family connection, Orkin fondly recalls eating his way ...
Former Bialystoker Nursing Home Changes Hands For Nearly $18 …
WEBSep 11, 2015 — 228 East Broadway. According to city finance records, the former Bialystoker Nursing Home building at 228 East Broadway has been sold for $17,960,000. In documents made public yesterday, the property, as well as the adjoining Dora Cohen Memorial Park and an office building at 232 East Broadway changed hands in July. The new owner is an entity created this past summer known as “Five Star 228 ...
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 ...
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WEBApr 11, 2022 — –A new report shows that more than 30 percent of the NYC apartments sold in the past month were priced between $1 million and $2 million, and that the Lower East Side led all other neighborhoods in Manhattan with about 24 contracts signed. Among the top five buildings for sales were 252 South Street (One Manhattan Square) and 202 Broome Street (Essex Crossing). [Commercial Observer]
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. Christopher Marte was sworn in as District 1’s City Council member just before the new year. He represents the Lower East Side and Chinatown and most of the ...
Marte Wins in District 1, Rivera Re-Elected in District 2 - The Lo …
WEBNov 7, 2021 — Here on the Lower East Side, Christopher Marte easily won the District 1 City Council seat, which is being vacated by the term limited incumbent Margaret Chin. According to unofficial results from the Board of Elections, 15,055 voters chose Marte, meaning he pulled in more than 71% of the vote. Challengers Maud Maron and Jacqueline Toboroff claimed about 14% each.
In Appreciation Of “The Bloody Bucket:” Saluting 169 Bar - The Lo …
WEBOct 20, 2015 — And 169 Bar does have a history, if ya’ know what I mean. Since its birth back in 1916, the place has fed and boozed countless patrons, from swearing sailors to chain-smoking Chinese gangsters to a sordid spread of artists, bums, and PBR-swigging hipsters. It was appropriately labeled “The Bloody Bucket” during its 1950s heyday, when drunken sailors pummeled each other into a bloody pulp ...
A Brief History of Public Housing on the LES - The Lo-Down
WEBMar 6, 2013 — Citing internal memos, the Daily News reported on February 6, 2013 that around 3 million square feet of new housing—80% market-rate, 20% affordable housing—may be on the horizon. You can read more about the this latest chapter in New York public housing here. Eric Ferrara is founder …