Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Earlier this year, construction workers at the new Broadway-Lafayette superstation decapitated one of the downtown 6 Bleecker Street entrances.  The result was months of sidewalk closure and pedestrian aggravation.

Yesterday evening, it seemed as though all of downtown Manhattan was under lockdown, thanks to President Obama’s visit.  Police were on nearly every single corner. By the time our commander-in-chief motored down Houston to Anna Wintour’s residence on Sullivan Street, however, it was nearly dusk.

If you plan on being anywhere near Sullivan Street and West Houston today (or all of Houston, for that matter), you will be trapped for sure.  That’s right, kiddies, President Obama is coming to town again.  Last time, it was to speak at the Cooper Union; this time it’s filming The View (first time for [...]

Essex Ale House folded last month after a tumultuous four-year tenure at 179 Essex Street, and the leasing signs went up shortly thereafter.  The interior was stripped completely bare, save for the bar. No juke, no billiards, and the walls are white.  Of course, it didn’t take too long for the real estate listings to [...]