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  Catching Up with David Peel on the Lower East Side

  "I am David Peel from the streets of the Lower East Side. Get high." Damn straight.

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  Sneak Peek Inside the New Slipper Room on Orchard

  On June 16, 2010, the burlesque hotspot Slipper Room closed its doors for the last time as a one-story performance venue at 167 Orchard. Two years later, and it's almost ready to launch.

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  Anti-Bar Veloce Flyer Campaign Intensifying on the Lower East Side

  The vicious grassroots war against Bar Veloce, as well as sister haunts Bar Carrera and Porsena, is noticeably intensifying here on the Lower East Side.

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  Desperately Seeking the Good Samaritan on Ludlow

  Missed Connections is seemingly where all the cool kids go to find those who made the truest of impressions. Or to track down Good Samaritans who helped a woman after a truck ran over her foot at the corner of [...]

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  Lolita Bar Hates Bathroom Vandals; Takes Passive Aggressive Action

  Today in local dives taking themselves too seriously, we present Lolita Bar at 266 Broome Street.

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  The Space Shuttle Enterprise Flyby at the Intrepid [Video]

  Captain's log. Star date 4.27.12 ("rounded off to the nearest decimal place"). The Enterprise was in flight for the last time.

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  Breaking: Cake Shop Facing Eviction!

  The quirky coffee house/performance venue Cake Shop is now on the ropes, and is facing eviction.

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  Space Shuttle Enterprise as Seen from the Lower East Side

  Photographer by Lee S. Berman shot some awesome photos of the incoming Space Shuttle Enterprise from his perch on Grand Street near the FDR Drive.