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It’s Feeling Like Winter on the Lower East Side

Thanks to Andrea DiFiore who sent along these photos from East River Park yesterday. She wrote: “I braved the snow this ...
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Lower East Side Remembers Beloved Bike Shop Owner Frank Arroyo

We’re sad to hear the news that Frank Arroyo, one of the most beloved members of the Lower East Side community, has passed ...
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Catalyst Market Bar Soft Opens at Essex Market

Catalyst Records owner Gary Guarinello has stepped into the former Top Hops Beer Shop inside Essex Market with a new bar ...
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Bistrot Ha Appears to be Close to Opening at 137 Eldridge Street

Local hotspot Ha’s Snack Bar looks like they are just about ready to open their new location, at 137 Eldridge (formerly occupied by Lena Wine Bar). They recently teased the new name, “Bistro Ha” and ...
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The Lo-DownNews from the Lower East Side

Here's a special episode of The Lo-Down Culture Cast, recorded live at Catalyst Records in Essex Market. Pianist & composer ...
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Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty

**All appointments – including Sunday Open Houses – are by appointment only. If you are working with another agent, that agent needs to reach out to make the appointment and is required to be present* ...
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Lower East Side News

Local hotspot Ha's Snack Bar looks like they are just about ready to open their new location, at 137 Eldridge (formerly occupied by Lena Wine Bar). They recently teased the new name, "Bistrot Ha" and ...
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Sugar Sweet Sunshine Bakery is Moving to Grand Street

After 21 years on Rivington Street the beloved bakery Sugar Sweet Sunshine, known for their delicious cupcakes, banana pudding and birthday cakes, among other things, is moving to Grand Street. We ...
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Retail Hang-Out Space Colbo Adds Wine Bar Next Door

The creative space and fashion hot spot Colbo has added a wine bar next door to it’s current shop at 51 Orchard Street. The wine bar is aptly titled Colbo Next Door and the team describes it as “an ...
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Kenny Scharf: A Surviving 80s Musketeer Returns to the LES

For a time they were The Three Musketeers of a white-hot art scene that erupted with such irrepressible momentum that it effortlessly consumed every established notion of what contemporary art should ...
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Apartment of the Week, Sponsored by LoHo Realty

**All showings – including Sunday Open Houses – are by appointment only. If you are working with another agent, that agent needs to reach out to make the appointment and is required to be present.** ...
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Eva’s Kitchen Shutters on Grand Street

Eva’s Kitchen, a casual all-day cafe at 359 Grand St., has permanently closed after a little over a year in business. A notice breaking the news went up on the front door and on Eva’s website and ...