Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

There is some unfortunate news to report today.  The Eisner Brothers Building at 75 Essex Street is now on the open market. Allison B. Siegel, an educator at the Tenement Museum, provided an excerpt of the exclusive story, including an interview with owner Shalom Eisner.

Shalom Eisner grew up in Williamsburg and in 1977 rented the first floor space of 75 Essex Street.  It was there that he opened The Eisner Brothers Store. They sell everything! Here’s a blurb from their website:

Our tremendous selection includes tee shirts, sweat-shirts, golf shirts, jackets, caps and hats… [we’re] the haven for uniformed officers; they know they can count on us for all their wardrobe needs.

Professional sports buffs and amateur wannabes: you won’t find a better array of boxing equipment and licensed sports products than this.

Our collection of “I Love New York” items is beyond compare: creative, original and stimulating.

While gushing over the 20 ft ceilings on every floor and the 14 ft-high ceiling in the basement, Shalom told me it’s his dream that if he sells the building “it will be left as is on the outside and become a single-family home for a famous person… Someone like Madonna.  She could have her own Lower East Side home.”

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Yes, broke is the new black.  At least according to this non-commissioned street sign which recently surfaced at the corner of Orchard and East Houston.  The metal sign is casually affixed below the neon crosswalk warning, and blends in quite nicely.  Truly a “what’s wrong with this picture” moment.

There’s a big promotional push happening in the neighborhood right now for travel to Miami. Taped to light poles along the Houston corridor, from east to west, are dozens of advertisements with the tagline “express yourself.”  As if people here really needed to be told to visit Florida.

Spitzer’s Corner will be closed through Thursday for unknown reasons.  However, last night, a man on a ladder was fixing some lighting, so perhaps it’s for routine maintenance.

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Drug bust in Little Italy, Stuy Town residents want a bank to stay, and Rivington of the 80s, all in today’s neighborhood news roundup!

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