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Video of the Lower East Side from 1983

October 20, 2011 @ 10:31 pm

ANIMALNY has dug up some video gold with this video footage of Manhattan’s Lower East Side in its more exciting days — namely, the year 1983 near 11th Street and Avenue B. The film was made by Marie Martine.

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3sixteen Sample Sale 2011

October 13, 2011 @ 10:53 pm

Things just don’t get better than this. On October 20-22, 3sixteen is holding their first sample sale in 2 years at 157 Orchard Street in the LES. Not only are you going to find some rare, never-before-seen products, but you’ll … Continue reading →

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The Low Line Park: a proposal for a 2-acre underground park in Manhattan’s LES

October 5, 2011 @ 12:37 pm

If this proposed project ever gets approved by the MTA it will be crazier than The High Line Park and much more exciting to venture into I think. In an effort to revitalize the LES, architect James Ramsey and Dan … Continue reading →

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Duck Sauce – Luis Guzman

September 22, 2011 @ 11:20 pm

Duck Sauce remixes Barbra Streisand for an ad for HBO’s How To Make It In America. The new song is called Luis Guzman and it stars the unfunny “comedian” as himself going around the LES.

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The Meatball Shop

September 5, 2011 @ 5:03 pm

The Windows Phone folks followed Michael Chernow and Daniel Holzman of LES’s Meatball Shop to see how they run their business and keep in contact with their customers (using a Windows Phone of course). I need to go here!

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Interview with Jeff Staples from Imprint Culture Lab

July 28, 2011 @ 10:27 pm

Here’s something I learned today: Jeff Staple of Staple Design and Reed Space in the LES has actually trademarked his popular pigeon and poop design. This knowledge comes from a recent interview Imprint Culture Lab did with the designer.

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