LOWER EAST SIDE HISTORY PROJECT .the blog

Earlier this week, while waiting for my car to be repaired at a local shop, I stumbled upon Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Glendale Queens. I'v...

Did you know that Levi Strauss began his career on the Lower East Side? In 1847, at age 18, Levi Strauss (born Leob Strauss, February 2...

On this day in 1855, Bowery Boy leader William "Bill the Butcher" Poole was shot during an altercation with John Morrissey and...

On this day... In 1879, work began on the 2nd Avenue Elevated Train line, with construction at Allen and Division Streets... In 1965, Th...

On this day in 1790, George Washington spent his last day at No. 1 Cherry Street on the Lower East Side, an address which he lived since ...

On this day in 1955, political advisor David Axelrod was born on the Lower East Side. Axelrod, former Senior Advisor to President Barack...

On this day in 1907, poet W.H. Auden was born in York, England. From 1953-1972, the Pulitzer prize-winning author lived in a "not...

On this day in 1971, Black Sabbath headlined at the Fillmore East, in support of their second album, Paranoid. Tickets cost $3.50 - $5.50....

On this day in 1955, President Eisenhower presented LES-raised songwriter Irving Berlin a gold medal for penning such patriotic hits as ...

On this day in 1968, Janis Joplin made her NYC debut at the Anderson Theater at 66 Second Avenue, opening for B.B. King. The 25 year o...

On this day in 1884, comedian Joe Smith, one half of the Vaudeville team Smith & Dale, was born on the Lower East Side. Known as th...

On this day 2000, 31 protestors were arrested on E. 7th Street, as the El Jardin de la Esperanza ("Garden of Hope") was bulldo...