Sunday, April 7, 2024
Week in Grieview
Help for longtime LES photographer Marlis Momber
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Lower East Side legend Sammy's Roumanian Steak House announces its reopening dates
Exciting announcement! Sammy’s is making a comeback and we couldn’t be happier to return to the Lower East Side. Huge thanks to our loyal customers and fans for keeping the Sammy's spirit alive over the years.We're kicking things off with a two-night Passover special, followed by weekends in May leading up to our grand reopening in June. Enjoy entertainment featuring the one and only Dani Lev, along with our original menu and staff.
We may be closed now, but when all this is over and we feel safe enough to hold hands during the hora, we will be back stronger, louder, and tastier than ever before. We are New York. We will survive this. We will always cherish the memories we shared with all of you.
Monday, March 25, 2024
Marking the 113th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
The Triangle Waist Company was located on the northwest corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, just east of Washington Square Park. The Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition website has more details on the tragedy and its legacy.
Sunday, March 10, 2024
On the Lower East Side, the Children's Magical Garden is celebrating a new chapter after developer calls off legal battle
Marom, who helms the Horizon Group, agreed to donate the lot ... to the Children's Magical Garden in honor of his mother. As a result, three separate lawsuits between the parties are being called off.For more than 40 years, the Children's Magical Garden has occupied the corner space off Stanton Street, using the land to grow produce and host local community events. But Marom's purchase of a portion of the garden from Serge Hoyda for $3.3 million threatened the future of the space, as the developer moved to build a seven-story residence.
Big NEWS! We did it! The children of LES are getting their community garden back, PERMANENTLY! After 10 years of litigation and many more of advocacy, we've come together with the developer who is donating the land. So many amazing community members, lawyers, neighbors, and gardeners helped make this possible. We are truly grateful. Thank you. Please come on March 10, 2 p.m., and help us start our new chapter.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
The New Colossus Festival gets underway today at East Village and Lower East Side music venues
Saturday, March 2, 2024
A campaign to commemorate Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle-Owl that captivated NYC the past year
This weekend, Flaco the owl was memorialized by @GovKathyHochul, @NYCMayor and the front page of the @nytimes, recognizing how much he was embraced as a New Yorker. @edkshanahan’s article is fittingly titled “New Yorkers Mourn Neighbor They Could All Look Up To.”
— David Lei (@davidlei) February 26, 2024
(Cont’d) pic.twitter.com/DRrgYVKOXG
Thursday, February 29, 2024
A visit to the Unprofessional Variety Show
Monday, February 26, 2024
Longtime East Village sewing business Gizmo needs a new home
We previously reported that the rent at 160 First Ave. had increased to the point that Gizmo could no longer afford to stay here.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
RIP Flaco
Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from New York City's Central Park Zoo and became one of the city's most beloved celebrities as he flew around Manhattan, has died, zoo officials announced Friday.A little over one year after he was freed from his cage at the zoo in a criminal act that has yet to be solved, Flaco appears to have collided with an Upper West Side building, the zoo said in a statement.
As you may have already seen, Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl has passed away. I am sad beyond words. Flaco defied the odds and made quite a life for himself in the city over the past year. Along the way he came to mean so much to so many, including me. ❤️🦉 pic.twitter.com/gJnby3TtvB
— David Lei (@davidlei) February 24, 2024
Thank you for visiting us and for connecting us to something bigger. Rest easy, Flaco 💔 #flaco #birdcpp @BirdCentralPark @davidlei pic.twitter.com/vxgeasUvtP
— RHP (@RobinHerbstPapa) February 24, 2024
I am heartbroken tonight as I know so many of you are. I took this video of Flaco one week ago today, which was the last time I saw him. Hearing him hoot brings me comfort, and I hope it brings you some comfort too.💕🦉
— JacquelineUWS (@jacquelineUWS) February 24, 2024
We will never forget you, Flaco. pic.twitter.com/VvAOyYaupf
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Addressing the asylum seeker crisis; city to update Community Board 3 next week
Monday, February 19, 2024
Catch some emerging bands at the New Colossus Festival this March 6-10
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Week in Grieview
Saturday, February 3, 2024
EVG Etc.: Remembering Wayne Kramer; celebrating Black History Month
• Gov. Hochul called the rollout of New York's cannabis program a "disaster" (The City)WANTED ROBBERY: 1/31/24 @NYPD9pct @ 8:00 AM inside 403 E 8 St four unidentified individuals approached a store employee. One of the individuals displayed a firearm & the others proceeded to remove currency & tobacco products from the deli. Any info call us at 800-577-TIPS pic.twitter.com/cj8PBdb5u7
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) February 1, 2024
Friday, February 2, 2024
Music venue wanted for former Rockwood Music Hall 2 space on the Lower East Side
Monday, January 29, 2024
Amid an influx of asylum seekers in the East Village, elected officials urge the city to open more reticketing centers
With more than one center and a consideration for locations in each borough, the City can ensure people do not stand on line in the cold without access to even basic facilities like bathrooms. Multiple locations would also ensure that people are closer to culturally competent, community-based programs and services.Volunteers with LESReady!, a Lower East Side nonprofit with organizing and service-provision experience, have identified four potential sites in Council District 2 alone that could support overflow pending the City's approval. It is important that we provide the same services available at St. Brigid's at these additional locations and ask that the managing agencies also do more to provide translation services for both those seeking asylum and the local police precincts who help with the crowds present.
Currently, having one reticketing center has not only led to physical capacity concerns, it has created a burden on the adjacent local community and its public spaces. Resources are needed to keep up with quality of life issues. It appears that efficiency at St. Brigid's has been in decline, with travel hardships and the overall cost-effectiveness of the process in place in question. Public safety concerns have increased without a support network available even locally to those waiting.