East Broadway

  • New Hotel Rising at 5 Allen?

    New Hotel Rising at 5 Allen?

    Down at the southern terminus of Allen Street, where the roadway forks into Pike, a narrow finger building is gradually on the rise. All signs point to this being a hotel, mere steps from another hotel in the [...]

  • UNTITLED Gallery Opens at 30 Orchard Street

    UNTITLED Gallery Opens at 30 Orchard Street

    No longer a storefront shrouded in newspaper clippings, the retail space at the recently-completed 30 Orchard Street has finally joined the ranks of the living.  A new art gallery called UNTITLED, the details of [...]

  • Pike Loop Installation Removed

    Pike Loop Installation Removed

    It took a double-take before we finally realized what happened.  Walking down the Allen Street Mall near Division, the decrepit space was somehow different.  Lacking a certain something that, for the moment, we [...]

  • Weekend Edition: August 7

    Weekend Edition: August 7

    [Photo Credit: Robert Carmona]

  • History Hunt – Week 4 Answered

    History Hunt – Week 4 Answered

    Many thanks to everyone for another great round of History Hunt, sponsored by the Tenement Museum.  The correct answer is the Seward Park Library at 192 East Broadway.  This week’s lucky winner is Shawn [...]

  • Sheldon Silver’s Mobile District Office in Ahearn Park

    Sheldon Silver’s Mobile District Office in Ahearn Park

    Members of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver’s Mobile District Office made their annual trip to Ahearn Park, at the corner of East Broadway and Grand Street yesterday afternoon. Residents let the speaker’s [...]

  • The Schott Brothers on the Lower East Side

    The Schott Brothers on the Lower East Side

    You might not realize it, but you owe quite a debt of gratitude to Schott Brothers.  Next time you zip up one of your jackets, know that it was Schott who pioneered the concept.  The American clothing company [...]