Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Sunday afternoon, we stopped into Ideal Hosiery at 339 Grand Street to pick up a few items, and haggle with the shopkeep.  Stepping off the rain-soaked sidewalk, the interior was equally musty, yet welcoming nonetheless.

There’s an alternative way you can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today.  Spend it with the folks of Craftermath during their New Wednesday event at the Dressing Room.

The storied lighting district of the lower Bowery will soon lose two big-time players.  Firstly, Bowery Interiors/Lite Elite at 148 Bowery is closing up shop for good.  Yellow-and-red signs hanging ominously in the windows advertise a fire sale of store inventory.

To all of our Jewish readers, HAPPY PURIM!
[Photo via Serious Eats]

The other day, we happened upon this NYCRS real estate listing [pdf] for 355 Grand Street, at the southwest corner of Essex.  From the look of it, Flowers Cafe, the quaint pop culture-themed coffee shop located inside the ground level, is up for sale. Asking price is $375,000 in key money.

Yesterday was the culmination of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities, with the annual parade marching through the streets of the Lower East Side.  The weather was perfect for the occasion, warm without a cloud in the sky.  There were, however, plenty of NYPD choppers buzzing overhead.