Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

As previously reported, a smattering of local art houses across the Lower East Side are reinterpreting the neighborhood-specific Lush Life chapter by chapter.  The gallery exhibitions pretty much run through mid to late August.  And author Richard Price is capitalizing on all the recent press.

After capturing some indoor and outdoor scenes around East Fourth Street on Monday, it looks like Curb Your Enthusiasm is in the neighborhood again today.  There are now filming signs posted along Mulberry Street, north of East Houston, indicating the production as “C-Y-E.”  Covert.

This is pretty awesome.  East Village Feed just dug up this elegant time lapse video of the Lower East Side at night, created by Jean-Paul Lew.  It’s shot from atop First Avenue, looking southward below East Houston.  And the Thompson LES is in full view. [via Runnin' Scared and Guest of a Guest]

In the race toward completion, the Karl Fischer development at 263 Bowery is finally catching up to the neighboring Sperone Westwater Gallery, which recently unveiled its new metallic trim and corrugated siding.  The black netting and scaffolding are history, liberating both building and sidewalk.

Essex Ale House has had a rough-and-tumble life at the corner of East Houston and Essex Street. Not long after the demise of 12″ Bar in 2006, 179 Essex was reborn as the Essex Ale House, offering a unique selection of craft and Belgian beers at reasonable prices.  But all that changed little more than [...]

On Friday night, dozens of young revelers looking for an excuse to party turned out to mourn/celebrate the discontinuation of the V train.  The “We Hardly Knew V” event was more a scene than statement.