Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

The home of Eisner Brothers on Essex Street has fallen prey to some guerrilla promo for the new Belle & Sebastian record, Write About Love.  The album title is chalked in rainbow colors on the rear brick facade of 75 Essex Street, facing the municipal parking lot.

There is some unfortunate news to report today.  The Eisner Brothers Building at 75 Essex Street is now on the open market. Allison B. Siegel, an educator at the Tenement Museum, provided an excerpt of the exclusive story, including an interview with owner Shalom Eisner. Shalom Eisner grew up in Williamsburg and in 1977 rented [...]