Orchard Street
Local Band Responds to Arrest and Taser Incident at Orchard Street Block Party
Last modified June 23, 2017 at 8:35 am
By now you’ve probably seen the footage of cops arresting two musicians during a performance on Orchard Street Thursday evening. It was an event organized by The Cast as part of the “Make Music New York” program. During one of the evening sets, patrolling police from the 7th Precinct stopped by – apparently there was […]
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Block Party at The Cast on Orchard Street Broken up with Aggressive Arrest [VIDEO]
Last modified June 22, 2017 at 2:38 pm
An afternoon of music on Orchard Street was interrupted yesterday evening with two aggressive arrests. Rock-n-roll leather shop, The Cast, hosted its annual street party for “Make Music New York” that included performances by eight bands on Orchard Street, between Grand and Broome. The event began at noon, but by dusk, it was broken up, albeit temporarily, by police […]
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‘Trash and Vaudeville’ Manager Jimmy Webb Spins off New Rock Boutique on Orchard Street
Last modified June 16, 2017 at 8:39 pm
It’s now a rock-and-roll type of block. With the ten-year-old Dressing Room months in the grave, its inevitable replacement at 75 Orchard Street has surfaced. Jimmy Webb, primary buyer for and longtime manager of Trash and Vaudeville, is heading south of the Delancey divide for a new retail concept. The new store is called I […]
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Hotel Indigo LES Hits the Market for $176M
Posted June 8, 2017 at 5:05 am
This is big. It took a decade to build, and now the Hotel Indigo (aka Orchard Hell Building) is on the open market. Barely two years after the property debuted, Brack Capital and partner InterContinental Hotels Group, both of which purchased the stalled development site in May 2011, are looking to cash out big time with […]
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Lindsey Thornburg is Moving Her Orchard Street Boutique to Chelsea
Posted May 26, 2017 at 9:24 am
The two-year tenure of Lindsey Thornburg at 21 Orchard Street is coming to an end. The eponymous store owner is moving to an “appointment only atelier in Chelsea” in the coming days. When asked why she was relocating, Thornburg mentioned how she wanted “to be closer to the garment district.” Makes sense. And thus concludes […]
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Black Tree Reboot ‘Raw Material’ Evicted from Orchard Street
Posted May 18, 2017 at 5:12 am
For the second time in two years, the Health Department wielded its hammer at 131 Orchard Street. Only this time, for Raw Material (nee Black Tree), it wasn’t a mouse infestation. In an apparent coordinated hit by the Health Department and the State of New York Workers’ Compensation Board, inspectors recently shut down the eight-month-old Raw […]
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‘Regina’s’ Brings Italian Sandwiches and Imported Goods to Lower Orchard Street
Posted May 18, 2017 at 5:00 am
There’s a new sandwich shop to speak of on lower Orchard Street. Where Georgia’s Vintage once peddled vintage, a throwback deli counter called Regina’s is poised to open. The brown-paper window shades were deposed this week to reveal the new store, complete with hex-tiled floors and shelves of dry goods. Regina’s also incorporates the ghost […]
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City Council Candidates to Discuss Preservation at ‘Candidate Night’ this Evening
Posted May 1, 2017 at 5:09 am
The Lower East Side Preservation Initiative along with sister organizations are hosting a “Candidate Night on Historic Preservation Issues” – a topic all too fitting in the neighborhood’s current real estate climate. The meeting will allow candidates for New York City Council Districts 1 and 2 to get on their soapboxes and expound on their vision […]
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‘Galerie Perrotin’ Opens at Orchard Street’s Beckenstein Building Tomorrow
Posted April 26, 2017 at 5:04 am
Over at 130 Orchard Street, gone is the plywood and daily train of dumpsters at curbside. This gallery is ready to roll. Only partially complete – construction has been ongoing since the fall – the ambitious new outpost of Galerie Perrotin debuts tomorrow at the Beckenstein building on Orchard Street. The ground floor of the five-level showroom […]
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Orchard Hell Building Snags ‘Jump Into the Light’ Retail VR Experience
Last modified April 22, 2017 at 10:54 pm
In the base or the year-old Hotel Indigo (aka Orchard Hell Building), the struggle to rope in any retail of substance continues. Ben Shaoul signed up for a temporary stay at 180 Orchard Street about nine months ago to help sell condos at his Bereket-killing development next door. It’s still there, sparsely populated, yet acting […]
