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LES Bites: Arlene’s is Missing Something, Leah Cohen’s Favorites, Bowery Station Pop Ups 23 May 2013 | 07:55 pm
Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton St. Image via Facebook. Today’s food notes and a sign of the times at an LES music venue: Notice anything different outside Arlene’s Grocery? The awning is gone but vi...
Celebrities Come to Bowery Hotel For Fortune Society Soiree 23 May 2013 | 06:59 pm
Thursday evening’s event at the Bowery Hotel. Photos by Pasha Kalachev photography. Last week the Fortune Society hosted its Third Annual Spring Soiree at the Bowery Hotel. The non-profit, which hel...
Morning Reads: Another Silver Foe Speaks Out, Church Preservation Campaign, Samuel Dickstein’s Soviet Ties 23 May 2013 | 02:56 pm
A former State Assembly aid, who claimed she was raped, says “the most powerful man in the state Assembly (Sheldon Silver) blew her off, then his aides tried to shut her up.” (Daily News) Sheldon Si...
Bike Share is Almost Ready to Roll 23 May 2013 | 01:54 pm
The first bike share user! Well, no, not really — but Citi Bike staffers did let LES resident Jac Zagoory pose for a photo in front of the docking station alongside Sara D. Roosevelt Park. The progr...
Good Morning! 23 May 2013 | 11:30 am
Finishing touches are put on the new Moscot store at 108 Orchard before the grand opening. Photo by Dave Mendoza. Scattered thunderstorms today, becoming more severe in the afternoon, and a high of ...
Loisaida Festival 2013 Comes to Avenue C This Sunday 22 May 2013 | 09:54 pm
The Loisaida Festival 2010 on Avenue C The Lower East Side’s biggest annual “Latino pride” celebration, Loisaida Festival, returns to Avenue C this weekend. On Sunday, May 26, we are told, “hundred...
Max Fish Closes on Ludlow Street at the End of July 22 May 2013 | 09:25 pm
Max Fish, 178 Ludlow St. Photo by Alex M. Smith. As the whole world knows by now, legendary Lower East Side bar Max Fish is moving to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. During an impromptu chat the other afte...
On Cherry Street: Some Activity at the Former Pathmark Site 22 May 2013 | 08:32 pm
Cherry Street near Pike Street. Photo by Dave Mendoza. Here’s the scene on Cherry Street, where the former Pathmark store is located. No details yet concerning Extell Development’s plans for a resi...
Photo: East River Park Bandshell Improvements 22 May 2013 | 08:15 pm
East River Park bandshell. Photo by David Flaherty. From frequent East River Park visitor David Flaherty: Signs of improvement at the bandshell. He also reports work has begun to repair the dog ru...
CB3 Panel Rejects Soho House Plan; Battle Continues Next Week 22 May 2013 | 03:17 pm
Soho House attorney Donald Bernstein (dress shirt, tie) stands alongside CEO Nick Jones and Pierre Dourneau, who’s overseeing the LES project. Here’s our full wrap-up from Monday night’s contentious...
