Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

In response to our last update on the demolition of 283 Grand Street, one former resident of the building left a comment worth sharing.  The fire victim lived there for more than two decades, as did many others.

Last night marked two weeks since the debilitating seven-alarm fire tore through 283 Grand Street.  The whole area remains under lockdown, seriously affecting business for the adjacent stores and markets.  Indeed, metal police barricades still block the flow of pedestrian (and automotive) traffic between Allen and Forsyth Streets. The demolition continues, but the smell is [...]

In just a few hours, the leather-clad Governator is coming to Sunshine Cinema, guns blazing.  Sort of.  Terminator 2, the classic 1991 film and best in the doomsday series, is the midnight feature this weekend. Time to start practicing your Schwaz-speak!

Late last week, the Forsyth Street facade of the trendy GEM Hotel SoHo was tagged.  Not too long ago, this very building was a Howard Johnson Express.

And the demolition continues on Grand Street.  As of yesterday evening, a sizable chunk of number 283 is gone.  The facade is now just a skeleton.  In the meantime, families displaced by the fire are upset by the recent relocation from Skyline Hotel on 49th Street.

In recent days, a number of “lost cat” flyers have been posted to street furniture around ground zero of the Grand Street fire.  Lucy’s owner is frantically searching for the feline, last seen during the debilitating fire this past Sunday.