Teachers vie for ‘roof time’ to diversify teaching By Naomi Cohen On a windy afternoon, 13-year-old Hannah Quirk is on her school’s roof, a tray of biodegradable cups of tender green mustard salad in hand. Her peers pace the garden aisles of the two-block deck—one boasting the flavor of the freshly picked Asian kale salad, 
Compiled by Nora Bosworth and Naomi Cohen City Approves East Village Landmark District Neighborhood preservation groups secured a victory on Tuesday, Oct. 9, when the New York City Landmarks Preservation Society voted to approve the Lower East Side/East Village Historic District. The district includes 330 buildings and covers parts of the 15 blocks between Avenue A 
Compiled by Megan Bungeroth, Alicia Bynum and Naomi Cohen Beat the onset of the winter chills with these hot-temp brews Café Lalo 201 W. 83rd St. near Broadway, cafelalo.com Café Lalo is primarily a dessert spot, and it doesn’t disappoint in the drink selection. This is the place to enjoy a cool-weather cordial after dinner
Compiled by Naomi Cohen LES Residents Sue City Over Carrying Charges Masaryk Towers, a Lower East Side co-op, offer hundreds of New Yorkers affordable housing in its six high-rises. All of its residents are low- to middle-income, and almost half of them are senior citizens. So it came as a shock to many when the
Locals ‘Reclaim’ Hudson River Park After Rape Speaker Christine Quinn, Council Member Margaret Chin, other officials and downtown residents walked through Hudson River Park at 7:30 a.m. on Monday this week, to “reclaim” the streets after the brutal rape of a 21-year-old woman in the same park over the weekend. The incident, which marked the
By Nora Bosworth and Naomi Cohen More ‘Urban Backyard’ Events Ahead for LES Why have nightlife when you can have DayLife? Those who enjoyed DayLife’s first event, which brought over 10,000 people to a closed-off Orchard Street in the Lower East Side for a day of pushcart vendors, live music and games, won’t want to 
