Nabe News: July 23
This week’s vomit-inducing issue of Time Out New York explores “where to eat, drink, and recapture cool” in the East Village. While the cover features the iconic artwork of Jim “Mosaic Man” Power, the publication fails to mention his name anywhere [EV Grieve]
Renderings released of the Mondrian, a 25-story luxury hotel rising at 150 Lafayette Street. Its skeleton is visible clear across Grand Street [Curbed]
Scoping out the predominantly undeveloped upper region of the High Line before it disappears forever [Vanishing NY]
Daily Intel compiles a brief list of “novelty” mayoral candidates, including the nascent Naked Cowboy [Daily Intel]
With air conditioning units the norm these days, it’s sometimes easy to forget how past generations coped with the late summer heat. Many slept on fire escapes, park benches, or the beaches of Brighton and Coney. “On the Lower East Side traffic was seriously impeded as small armies of persons emerged from tenement houses with chairs, boxes and even beds which they set up in the streets.” [Epehmeral NY]
A look back at retro websites [Daily Beast]
Recent Stories
Excavation Underway on Affordable Grand Street Guild Towers
Work is officially underway on two new towers adjacent to the Williamsburg Bridge. On-site excavation has been ongoing for several weeks at Broome and Clinton Streets, yielding plenty of dust and noise for neighbors. Earlier this year, demolition crews razed the two-story parking garage and Little Star early childhood center in the shadow of the […]
Mr. Fong’s Owner Plans All Day Cafe on Hester Street
Another day, another principal of Mr. Fong’s starting a new Lower East Side venture. Aisa Shelley – who co-founded the Chinatown hotspot with Lucas Moran, Noah Shelley, Daniel Eric Gold and Adam Moonves – is headed to 61 Hester Street. The long-inactive storefront previously occupied by L’estudio. There, Shelley will impart an “all day cafe” […]
Truck Hits ‘OhK Dog’ Dining Shed on Ludlow Street
Ludlow Street neighbors began Saturday with the sound of a large crash. It was the sound of the OhK Dog dining shed collapsing to the ground. From what we gather, a truck driver headed southbound on Ludlow struck the popular restaurant’s outdoor annex. No one was hurt in the incident. This was apparently the second […]
New 21-Story Tower Begins Ascent on Market Street
A former Lower East Side parking lot is meeting its skyscraping destiny. Another tower. The through-block parcel on Henry Street, just west of Market, is already on its upward ascent. The new mixed-use development at 59 Henry will ultimately rise 21 stories (227 feet), with 57,395 square-feet of residential floor area and 40,305 square-feet for […]
‘Caribea’ Grill Readies Space Left Vacant by Domino’s on Allen Street
Ever since Domino’s ditched its decades-old Allen Street location three years ago, the commercial space has been a vacancy consistently peddled on the market. Now, a new concept is a-knockin. Caribea is as it sounds – a fast casual pan-Caribbean grill. The restaurant at 203 Allen will seat fourteen tables and a stand-up bar, for […]
