Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Limited work has resumed at 265 East Houston, the corner lot with a recent history of developer negligence.  The planned eight-story structure of market rate living hit a substantial roadblock back in April when foundation drilling caused dangerous vibrations and cracks in the neighboring 255 East Houston.  So bad was this destabilization, that day care center [...]

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 [...]

Today is the official launch of the Tenement Museum’s photo archives.  Their collection includes over 1,300 images culled from the last century, and is an extremely useful resource. Be sure to poke around the database, and take a little stroll down memory lane.

Whether or not you’re a basketball fan, talk of LeBron James moving to the Knicks in the offseason is quite ubiquitous.  It’s in the papers, on the internets, and on the minds of many.  Now neighborhood businesses and shopkeepers are joining the conversation.

Thanks to Mashable, we now know who was behind the Tourist vs. New Yorker sidewalk stunt.  These lines were drawn across Manhattan, but most notably in the Lower East Side.  Fittingly, it was the ingenious folks at Improv Everywhere.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.  Assembly New York, that is.  The Ludlow boutique closed its Key Shop pop-up with Robert Geller at 129 Rivington, and now has another new joint venture there.  It’s called Everybody’s Going to Heaven, and offers mens and womens vintage clothing.