1) The Jewish Ghetto in Postcards: Eastern Europe to LESFrom the Lo-Down: “A fascinating exhibition opens tomorrow evening at the Museum at Eldridge Street. Through a collaboration with the Blavatnik Archive, the museum will be showcasing a collection of postcards depicting life on the Lower East Side during the early part of the 20th Century -through March 8.”
2) Within a New York City Housing Authority complex, a historic building remains inaccessible to the public and the surrounding community. The Baruch Baths, located at 326 Delancey Street is a large, neoclassical building, a 115-year-old landmark along the easternmost section of Rivington Street on the LES.
photo: Jamie Jenson for Untapped Cities
3) From BoweryBoogie: Trump’s Grandfather Lived at this Lower East Side Tenement in 1885
“The first Trump Palace was a fairly ordinary tenement on the Lower East Side. One that now overlooks Sara D. Roosevelt Park.
Donald Trump’s grandfather Friedrich arrived in the United States on October 19, 1885. It was on a steamer called the S.S. Eider. At 16, a barber’s apprentice, he left Germany…”
4) From The Villager: “KAWS courts cool, yet cause for concern” on our lovely new basketball courts (sans the volleyball nets often used by girls!).
5) Mapping Shadows: NYTimes on Shadows in our city. “The Struggle for Light and Air in America’s Largest City” Almost all of the shadow profiles drawn from 3-D building models are drawn from 3-D Building Model3-D Building Model
