Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Back in the early days of 2007, Tonic shuttered after nearly a decade of entertaining the community.  Pretty much an eternity in city time.  Since its demise, the onetime bastion of Lower East Side music has remained vacant, nearly forgotten in the deep dark shadows of Blue. Even though it’s languished on the open market [...]

Over the weekend, much of the remaining worksite plywood was dismantled from the facade of 38 Delancey.  We now have a relatively unfettered look at the ground level of the new condoplex.

Another listing at the Blue Condo just creeped into the marketplace, and it’s all nines.  That’s right, for an infomercial-friendly $999,999, you can be the owner of a pixelated 972 square-foot, 1BR unit with direct access to “one of two huge common terraces.”  Sounds noisy.

[Photo: Joel Raskin]

Two units in the Blue Condo building at 105 Norfolk Street – 9b and 9c – have reportedly been combined to create a monstrous 2,000 square-foot, six-room condo unit.  Or as Corcoran calls it, a “one of a kind trophy property in NYC’s most vibrant neighborhood.”

Fourth generation co-proprietor Niki Russ Federman of the Russ & Daughters empire sat down with WNYC Studio 360.  It’s a brief, albeit candid look at her choice to helm the ship.  We learn that she initially resisted joining the family business, but thanks to the Klezmer Brunch at the now-deceased Tonic on Norfolk Street, she [...]