Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Every Friday and Saturday night, the New York Neo-Futurists perform their signature show – Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind – at the Kraine Theater on East Fourth Street.  It is an important piece of the Lower East Side arts scene, and thus, not to be missed.

Later this morning, at approximately 10:50 am, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing regarding the proposal to landmark the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection at 59 East Second Street. It will take place in the LPC Hearing Room in the Municipal Building, One Centre Street (at Chambers Street), 9th [...]

The Lower East Side History Project (LESHP) and New York Public Library event series continues tonight with a discussion about preservation efforts in the neighborhood.  Panelists include Rob Hollander, Elizabeth Solomon, and David Mulkins.

We’ve walked past the blue ocean-themed mural on East Second Street many times, but for whatever reason, only just spotted the Yellow Submarine amidst the aquatic art.

In an email blast from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), Andrew Berman reports that the Landmarks Preservation Commission finally set a date to hear the proposal for the Russian Orthodox Cathedral on East Second Street.  Date of the hearing is slated for Tuesday, March 23.