Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Formerly an off-site sales office for the Village Green eco-friendly complex, the storefront at 352 Bowery is no longer vacant and up for grabs.  Come July 3, the upper Bowery will welcome a new pop-up cyclist hangout dubbed Rapha Cycle Club.

FX is gearing up for a full day of filming today for its new original series Lights Out.  Traffic cones are already holding spots along the entire length of Great Jones Street – between Bowery and Broadway – for the inevitable arrival of Haddad’s trailers.

Last Saturday, we stopped by Sir Shadow’s gallery at 338 Bowery, which is adjacent to his reported residence at the Whitehouse Hotel.  The initial draw was to purchase one of the 2010 calendars advertised out front, and to hopefully meet the man. Both itches were scratched, as it were.

In writing yesterday’s post about the imminent demolition of 185-191 Bowery, we came across a fascinating period piece on the Bowery dating back to the turn-of-the-century.  Published ninety-four years ago, almost to the day, in the New York Times Magazine, this article explores the newfound freedom attained after the Third Avenue El trackwork was relocated [...]