Untapped Cities

Listening to the Lower East Side: The History of Yiddish Spoken Newspapers in NYC

Does newspaper have a sound? Is it the rustling of paper? The pop-up ads of the digital world? The short films on the New York Times website? Or might it also be articles and editorials read aloud to ...
Spectrum News NY1

Helping save an archive from the Godfather of the Lower East Side

Visitors wandering past 161 Essex Street on the Lower East Side may wonder, what’s in there? The door is covered with stickers and graffiti, and every once in a while, a bearded man may walk out the ...
Observer

The Ultimate Guide to New York’s Lower East Side

The Lower East Side, a precise description of its geographical location within Manhattan, is a neighborhood pulsating with history, creativity and a distinctly cool vibe. Its rich history is deeply ...
Untapped Cities

Pop-Up Robert Moses Exhibit about LOMEX Opens on Lower East Side

As part of Lower East Side History Month, a condensed pop-up version of the exhibit about the never-built Lower Manhattan Expressway, In the Shadow of the Highway: Robert Moses’ Expressway and the ...
The Forward

In place of a proud emblem of Jewish immigration in NYC, million-dollar condos and a private garden

When the Bialystoker Center and Home for the Aged opened on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on June 21, 1931, more than 25,000 Eastern European Jews came out to celebrate. The distinctive Art Deco tower ...