LES Women as Activists: The 1902 Kosher Meat Boycotts In 1902, immigrant Jewish housewives and mothers launched a campaign to protest the price of kosher meat — and created a...

Robert “Bob” Humber LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO   Robert “Bob” Humber was born in Georgia on June 12, 1936. At the age of 6, he and his family relocated...

Windows on the Bowery The Bowery Alliance of Neighbors Windows on the Bowery is an online and print exhibit documenting 64 highlights and histories along “NYC’s Oldest Street.” “The Bowery...

  LES Black & Red by artist Dennis RedMoon Darkeem was created to honor Black and Indigenous histories of the Lower East Side.  The project includes four ‘light boxes’ each...

by Downtown Art From the document Bowery Wars Info… Downtown Art continues its ‘Inheritance’ series with The Bowery Wars, Part 1, an original music theaterwork, book and lyrics by Ryan Gilliam,...

by Ryan Gilliam In 1901, New York City opened its first public bath, the Rivington Bath House, at 326 Delancey Street.   The bath house, which was free, featured indoor and...

Lower East Side Community Hero Creator of the Green Map System and its director since 1995, Wendy Brawer is a designer, social innovator, consultant, and public educator. Based on the...

Part of The New York Memory Project Coordinated and Compiled by Artist and Interviewer Antígona González in collaboration with FABnyc and The People’s LES Beatriz Torres Guzmán lives in a...

by Ryan Gilliam In the early 20th century, New York, like many other cities, sought to combat infant mortality with city-wide cultural events like Baby Week.  The Lower East Side...