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WEBSep 11, 2024 · The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 21 – Pioneering Gallery Owner James Fuentes. Arts May 25, 2024. This week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast features pioneering Lower East Side gallery owner James Fuentes. Host Traven Rice spoke with Fuentes about how...
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WEBThe Lo-Down is a local news site dedicated to covering news, events and – most significantly – the people who live and work in one of the world’s greatest neighborhoods, the Lower East Side.. The Lo-Down is a member of the Local Independent Online Publishers Association (LION). And we are one of six pilot sites who partnered with the Local News Lab, a journalism sustainability project of ...
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WEBThis week's episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast features pioneering Lower East Side gallery owner James Fuentes. Host Traven Rice spoke with Fuentes about how growing up in the neighborhood influenced his creative aesthetics and the intention behind the gallery,...
A New Version of the Paris Cafe Set to Open in November
WEBOct 17, 2021 · Photo by The Lo-Down. It was a tough blow during the pandemic when Pete O’Connell, owner of the Paris Cafe in the Seaport area, announced he was closing the popular neighborhood hangout, one of New York’s oldest bars.
Chinatown Senior Building Opens Waiting List For First ... - The Lo …
WEBAug 23, 2017 · 96 Baxter St. It has been 25 years since the waiting list was open for this building, a 13-story rental tower for low-income seniors at 96 Baxter St.
The Lo-Down Culture Cast Episode 13 – Artist Bonnie Lucas
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · This week on The Lo-Down Culture Cast we spoke with artist Bonnie Lucas, who currently has a show at the gallery Trotter&Sholer on Suffolk Street.. Bonnie has been creating intricate assemblages, collages, drawings and paintings that deconstruct the cliches of girlhood for the past five decades.
Lower East Side Housing Lottery Opens for 196 Affordable …
WEBJul 7, 2024 · An affordable housing lottery is now live for 196 rental apartments at the Grand Street Guild campus surrounding St. Mary’s Church. The apartments at 165 Broome St. (at Clinton Street) are considered affordable to individuals and families earning between 30% and 80% of Area Median Income (AMI).
LES History: The Food Riots of 1917 - News from the Lower East Side
WEBFeb 25, 2013 · By the beginning of 1917, with the United States only weeks away from entering World War I, grocery prices skyrocketed and the average cost of dinner exploded for that same housewife to $1.99 per meal—or $59 a month: 2 pounds of onions = .40 cents. 4lbs of potatoes = .28 cents. 2.5lbs of meat = .60 cents. 4lbs of bread = .37 cents.
Official Bronze Plaque Installed For Togo the Sled Dog in Seward …
WEBJul 25, 2020 · Photo courtesy of Amy Robinson. The historic statue of “Togo” the sled dog in the recently renovated Seward Park now has an official plaque.
Marte Begins City Council Term, Promotes Participatory Budgeting
WEBJan 9, 2022 · Photo: Christopher Marte is sworn in as City Council member in District 1, December 28, 2021. Photo by Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit. The first week is in the books for New York City’s new mayor and an almost all new City Council.