Suspected sites of locations discussed in the article. From LESHP director Eric Ferrara’s new column in The Villager newspaper: A footnote in James Fenimore Cooper’s 1821 Revolutionary War-inspired novel The Spy declares, “Every Manhattanese knows the difference between ‘Manhattan Island’… Read More »A Tale of Two Manhattan Islands, from The Villager
9th Precinct police officers Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie On the night of January 27, 1972, rookie NYPD officers Rocco Laurie and Gregory Foster were ambushed while on patrol along Avenue B at East Eleventh Street. Only recently joining the… Read More »40 years later: Remembering Rocco Laurie and Gregory Foster
Some of the most tangible and significant contributions that turn-of-the-century European immigrants provided the world were in the field of entertainment and the Lower East Side has spawned some of the most accomplished film producers, directors, actors and composers in… Read More »The Lower East Side immigrants who influenced Hollywood
Click for larger map By the turn of the twentieth century, the abundance of houses of worship on the Lower East Side rivaled any district on the planet. The map above highlights the neighborhood’s churches by 1877 (synagogues will be… Read More »Map: Churches of the Lower East Side, 1877
For well over a century, the Lower East Side’s waterfront hosted Manhattan’s primary industrial district. Among dozens of factories and horse stables was one of the largest concentrations of coal, lumber and iron yards in the city. This map illustrates… Read More »Industrial Lower East Side, part 2: The 11th & 13th Wards, 1891