Peter Missing is at work on a new mural at the First Street Green Art Park -- a giant, golden, cyclopean version of his infamous upside-dow...
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Celebrating Streit's
The Streit's matzo factory, on the Lower East Side since 1915, is scheduled for demolition, ironically, the week of Passover. At the sam...
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Kossar's Scoops
Kossar's Bialys, under new ownership, got a makeover a couple months ago. So I went by to check it out. Founded in 1936 , it's sti...
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Adam Purple Burial & Memorial
Earlier this month, Adam Purple, Lower East Side artist, activist, and creator of the Garden of Eden , died of a heart attack while riding ...
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Elizabeth St. Garden
An affordable housing project may be getting built on uber-luxurified Elizabeth Street . However, its construction could mean the demolition...
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Ices of the LES
A summer re-run from 2011: A guide to ices of the Lower East Side . Know your piragueros. Click for the story.
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Katz's Deli Kicks
Our old-school survivors do what they must to stay alive in the new New York. To that end, there is now a custom Nike sneaker designed arou...
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Hua Mei Bird Garden
Recently, for the first time, I came upon the Hua Mei Bird Garden in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side at Chinatown's edge. ...
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