Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

As reported last week, Drew Barrymore and Going the Distance will be filming in our neighborhood this week. If that wasn’t bad enough, the casting crew is currently looking for stereotypical “hipster and indie types” as extras. Translation – sceney trendsters.  So don’t be surprised if you see tons of skinny jeans, skinnier neckties, and [...]

Here on the Lower East Side, the Chase transition is nearly complete.  Last week, Jeremiah reported on the Washington Mutual bank swap at Second Avenue and Eighth Street; the corner branch at Avenue A and Second Street has also fallen.  However, the slowest to switch sides is certainly the Delancey outpost between Ludlow and Essex [...]

Rest easy, Delancey motorists. A few weeks on, the three hell holes situated between Allen and Eldridge Streets are finally plugged. We’ll see how long it lasts.

So far this summer, the Lower East Side has been wrought with a bevy of film shoots – Step Up 3D, Date Night, Gossip Girl, and Get Him to the Greek – each exploiting our neighborhood, blocking streets, and restricting sidewalk access.  Mass inconvenience.  Well, it’s time to add another production to that list.  On [...]

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Yong Xin Kitchen Supplies at 50 Delancey shuttered not too long ago, and has since remained dormant.  But last week, there was some limited activity at the site – a section of its red awning was stripped away, revealing a thin slice of the past.  Allied Aluminum. And lo and behold, just out front, there [...]