Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

The BP backlash has made its way to Orchard Street.  Sitting on a fold-up table outside Daniel’s Leather during the Sunday afternoon pedestrian mall were some anti-BP t-shirts. Two different types were available – “BP Sucks” and “Bringing Pollution, One Ocean at a Time.”  Take your pick!

The oft-heralded bargain district of historic Orchard Street continues to fade into, well, history.  It seems like every few months, there’s yet another vendor closure to report.  Since December, four merchants north of Delancey have called it quits – ZACC Fashions, S.K. Gift Shop, and Fashion & Fashion.  Not to mention the disappearance of Kebab [...]