Lower East Side • Artistas de Loisaida • Lower East Side Artists

Welcome to the Lower East Side of New York City!

Loisaida artists showcase inspiration close to home - now through June 26 at the Tompkins Square Library, 331 East 10th Street - Installation: The Wildlife of the Lower East Side by Artistas de Loisaida - is a multicultural group of 18 painters, photographers, printmakers, and sculptors is an evolving collective of individuals who enjoy the camaraderie and collaborative process. Participants are Deborah Aslanian, Mario Bustamante, Lois Carlo, Onno de Jong, Ken Ecker, Dennis Edge, Lauren Edmond, Gabe Kirchheimer, Horacio Molina, Jerry Pagane, Jacqueline Sferra Rada, Carolyn Ratcliffe, Bonnie Rosenstock (full disclosure: that’s me), Alex Ross, Morena Saenz, Anna Sawaryn, Shell Sheddy and Leslie Tanner. Wildlife is as the theme for the group’s 11th annual show. "Wildlife" isn’t the first image that springs to mind when considering the Lower East Side, but but for the Artistas de Loisaida, or the Artists of the Lower East Side, the neighborhood flora and fauna offer endless inspiration. Here, the LES encompasses the East Village, which was part of the original area. From the community gardens that founding members helped to create and save, to the vitality of Tompkins Square Park and the energy of surrounding environs, all is manna for the urban artists.


Economy Candy is one of the truly unique places in the entire city. It's a candy store unlike any other in all of NYC!	One of the most famous delis in the world is here! Come stuff yourself with one of their monster corned beef or pastrami sandwiches!

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View the streets on the Lower East Side
Allen Street	Attorney Street	Bowery
Broome Street	Clinton Street	Delancey Street
East Houston	Eldridge Street	Essex Street
Grand Street	Ludlow Street	Norfolk Street
Orchard Street	Rivington Street	Stanton Street
	Suffolk Street

Welcome to the Lower East Side. Here you will explore the still gritty streets of the neighborhood of Manhattan is home to the Tenement Museum, Katz's Deli, Gus' Pickles and Kossar's Bialies. Explore street by street by street. Hurry up, the neighborhood is changing!


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Artists of the Lower East Side Show -		National Trust for Historic Preservation
Tenement Museum Irish Museum		Thompson LES Hotel Pool
Artists Open House		Tenement Museum Location

Did you know?

August 2008 - Did you know that the Broadway musical, "West Side Story" was originally set on the Lower East Side. Yes, it's true. The composers intended to write a musical based on the themes of Romeo and Juliet but featuring tensions in this New York City neighborhood between Catholics and Jews. It was to take place between Passover and Easter. The composers felt no inspiration from this setting and the project went nowhere. Arthur Laurents stepped in and suggested the setting change from religious to racial tension and a move to the upper west side and 'West Side Story' took shape.

August 2008 - The hotelier who is going to open the new Thompson LES Hotel, Jason Pomeranc was quoted this week as saying this of the day his hotel opens: "going to be a moment in time that will be remembered as kind of when the Lower East Side came of age." Tell that to the folks at the Mercury Lounge, Katz' Deli and WD50, all of whom might beg to differ!

July 2008 - The new Thompson LES Hotel missed its July 15 deadline to open on Allen Street on the Lower East Side. Around the corner from Stanton Street, the hotel promises a rooftop pool with an Andy Warhol mural in mosaic on the pool floor. Andy would have been so proud. Will we finally get to see Moby in swim trunks hanging out here on the roof?

Thanks for visiting the Lower East Side!

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