Posts Tagged ‘Delancey Street’

Olek’s Crochet Bombs: A Brief History of the Street Artist’s Work

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Olek strikes again! Polish-born crochet artist Agata Oleksiak added some color to Lower East Siders’ commute this morning by hanging two pairs of pink camouflage yarn-covered sneakers alongside the many old shoes dangling from wires above the intersection of Broome and Eldridge Streets. Olek’s knitted street art is a downtown staple by now. In the
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How Does Dixon Place Stack Up on the Nightlife Scene?

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Our resident nightlife contributor The Visceralist travels downtown and reviews Dixon Place Bathroom situation – just past the lounge area which itself is just past the bar in front (on your right). There’s a communal unisex area with a shared basin that is abutted on its left and its right with 2 single-person closets each.
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The Delancey Underground

Written by Marissa Maier on . Posted in Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town Downtown, Politics

Rendering courtesy of raad studio. While the West Side has the High Line, the East Side could get the LowLine Over 80 years ago, Dan Barasch’s grandparents on both sides ended up in the Lower East Side after emigrating from Italy and Russia. While his family eventually set up stakes in other neighborhoods and he settled in the East Village—which
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Dangerous Delancey

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A recent tragedy proves once again the deadliness of the LES’ main thoroughfare By Lillian Rizzo and Marissa Maier, with additional reporting by Andrew Rice A few months ago, a NYPD officer stood in the middle of the intersection of Delancey and Essex streets, out of breath and sweating. Occasionally, a driver would roll down
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