Whether hosting guests or enjoying a quiet evening at home, this apartment offers the perfect blend of charm and functionality. The generous living room easily accommodates a full dining setup, while ...

On the latest episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, photographer Whitney Browne talks with Host Traven Rice about her debut Book, "Candy Store - A Behind-the-Counter Look at Ray’s Candy Store, One of ...

Host Traven Rice spoke with Lower East Side artist Marja Samsom. Samsom is an international artist and filmmaker, whose work confronts and exposes cultural issues with elegant wit. Poised within ...

Home Weekend Guide The Pickle Guys owner Alan Kaufman, one of many participants in this Sunday's 10th Annual International Pickle Day. Photo by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis for The Lo-Down ...

Drawing by Candy Darling; courtesy Clayton Patterson. Lower East Side documentarian Clayton Patterson has been getting the word out for an interesting show taking place tonight in his Essex Street ...

You probably saw the news a week ago that the Market Line, the subterranean food and retail space below the Essex Market, is closing in the spring. The Essex Market, which is run by the city, will ...

The new 22-story Joie de Vivre Hotel taking shape at 50 Bowery is hard to miss. According to developers, it’s the biggest building to rise in the historic heart of Chinatown since Confucius Plaza was ...

The New York City Parks Department is taking the first tentative steps in possibly redeveloping the Baruch Bathhouse, a building that has been shuttered for more than four decades. At a public meeting ...

The construction plywood on the north end of the Essex Market is hard to miss. It signals the pending arrival of Cheeky Sandwiches, which ended its decade-long tenure at 35 Orchard St. in January ...

The German discount grocer, Lidl, will be opening a new location at 408 Grand St., in the space previously occupied by a Rite Aid store. Lidl and Grand Street Guild, the nonprofit housing operator ...

Another day, hints of another large-scale residential project on the Lower East Side. Coming up on Monday, May 8, Community Board 3’s landmarks committee will consider a Certificate of Appropriateness ...

Along East Broadway, looking west. It didn’t stick to the streets but the overnight snow left the trees dusted this morning. Send your Lower East Side photos to: [email protected] or tag us on ...