Mayor de Blasio received an unusual gift on Three King’s Day when picketers gathered outside City Hall to protest the loss of a beloved East…
Siempre Garden Issues a Cry For Help as Developer Moves In
In 2012, a blighted sliver of land between two buildings at 181 Stanton Street was transformed into a blooming green space by the hands of…
Exit Interview: Ariel Palitz of Sutra, Now Closed After 10 Years of Partying
Last week Sutra ended its 10-year-run in the East Village with a throwdown that saw Questlove DJing and Melle Mel spitting “The Message,” his seminal…
Chinatown Buses Face Regulation and Riled-Up Residents
After a two-year grace period, the city is finally moving to enforce legislation that aims to regulate the thriving (and some would say infuriating) Chinatown…
No ‘Beastie Boys Square’ On the LES Just Yet: CB Says Get It Together
The quest to have a Lower East Side corner co-named after the Beastie Boys isn’t looking like a “sure shot.”
A Blessing and a Setback For Steiner at Mary Help of Christians Site
Things have been quiet at the Mary Help of Christians site ever since the 96-year-old church was torn down over the summer — and it…
Soho House Tells SLA ‘This Liquor Might Actually Do a Lot of Good’
Soho House made the case for a liquor license at their impending Lower East Side location, Ludlow House, at the State Liquor Authority in Harlem…
Petition Against Soho House’s Ludlow Street Location: ‘Enough Is Enough!”
With a critical hearing coming up later this week, the LES Dwellers have launched a petition against Soho House‘s plan to dance on the grave…