Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Last month, we received a scare after seeing crews unloading debris into a dumpster outside 87 Rivington Street.  At the time, it seemed that all signs pointed to demolition – the yellow box with RO drawn on shuttered gates, boarded windows, and constant site activity.  However, freshly renewed DOB permits issued a few weeks ago [...]

In the eight-month eternity since work first began on a new Hester Street Playground, this section of Sara D. Roosevelt Park has been through some hell.  The big CATS and their earth-moving friends were brought in and summarily surrounded by chain-link fences.  And then came the destruction of the kitchy plaza seating and uprooting of [...]

Not much has transpired inside the ground level retail space of 158 Wooster Street (aka 37 West Houston) since the Brazilian boutique BR Concept vacated nearly a year and a half ago.  In recent weeks, however, a team of contractors began revamping the interior of the corner property.  DOB permits filed show that new plumbing, [...]

The renovation of Mark Miller’s gallery space continues at 92 Orchard Street, only now it will occur behind a shelter of bill-covered plywood.  A long sidewalk shed was erected late last week, spanning much of the block between Broome and Delancey.

After relocating to 54 Orchard Street last June, the Lower East Side Visitors Center is on the move again.  Only this time it’s temporary.  While their new storefront space is renovated, the office will be operating on the basement level.

It’s been nigh on six months since a late-night fire broke out in 90 Rivington Street, effectively sidelining Teany for the duration.  At the time, it was reported that the blaze started on the second or third floor and spread down to the restaurant.  Thankfully, no one was hurt.  But now Moby’s vegan grub spot [...]