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One Saturday last month, business was brisk at
Old Hollywood, the Brooklyn-based boutique
that opened a second location on Broome Street
just a couple of years ago. The reason? The
store was having a 50 percent off back to
Brooklyn" sale, after failing to make a go of it on
the LES. Old Hollywoods story is a familiar one.
In recent years, dozens of stores have closed for
the same reason. In this months cover story, we
take a look at the state of retail on the Lower
East Side from the perspective of five Orchard
Street merchants. We were curious to know
more about their struggles, as well as their
successes, and to find out whats working and
whats not from the folks on the front lines. The
results offer a snapshot in time, as the
neighborhoods shopping landscape continues
to transform. Also this month, we preview a
fascinating exhibition on view at the James
Fuentes Gallery, a reprise of The Real Estate
Show. It turns out the original 1979 exhibition,
a critical moment in the neighborhoods radical
art movement, is surprisingly relevant 34 years
later. And we meet a true New York character,
Ellen Kaye, who has opened Moscow 57, a
rollicking performance spot and restaurant
alongside the Williamsburg Bridge. The profile,
from our associate editor, Jennifer Strom, kicks
off an expanded food section in the magazine.
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additional role of food editor, both in print and
online. (You can email her pitches and tips at
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The Lower East Side Business Im-
provement District exists, in part, to
draw more shoppers to the neighbor-
hood and to promote stores, restau-
rants and cultural attractions. Initia-
tives such as an annual neighborhood
guide, a revamped website and ro-
bust special events are aimed at cre-
ating new energy in the old bargain
district, said Tim Laughlin, the orga-
nizations executive director.
But, Laughlin added, no organiza-
tion, no amount of money can totally
address the foot traffc dilemma. For
several years, the BID has advocated
for more offce space. Few commer-
cial buildings on the Lower East Side
are big enough to support mid-size to
large companies. Laughlin is hopeful,
however, that Essex Crossing, the
large-scale development coming to a
six-acre site along Delancey Street,
will be a game-changer. The project is
expected to include a signifcant
amount of offce space, as well as an
incubator and major attractions such
as a movie theater. The hope is that
Essex Crossing will provide a steady
stream of customers who will patron-
ize local businesses.
In the meantime, the best advice for
small businesses looking at the LES
seems to be this: do your homework.
No, youre not going to fnd Soho-like
crowds beating down your door. But
Laughlin maintains the neighborhood
is an ideal place for shop owners in
search of a unique favor and a
strong community feeling.
I believe the Lower East Side is a
place where businesses can make
their mark, he said.

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Events,
Advocates
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new arrivals
JUNIOR PROJECTS
(139 Norfolk St., juniorprojects.
com) gallery is a new venture of
husband and wife team Lance
Goldsmith and Lisa Kunik. The
debut show, on view through
April 27, is titled Its a Poor
Craftsman Who Blames his
Tools. The gallery is open
Wednesday through Sunday from
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
VANS GENERAL STORE
(47 Orchard St., vansgeneral-
store.com) is a creative advertis-
ing agency founded by actor
Liev Schreiber and ad industry
veteran Scott Carlson. According
to a press release, the hybrid
creative collective... crafts ad-
vertising, content, experiences,
products, package design and
fine art in the service of brands
and the public. Clients include
Vespa, Bon Jovi, Success Charter
Schools and Animal, the counter-
culture website. The storefront is
envisioned as a pop-up space for
clients, artists and friends.

edited by Ed Litvak
TWO RAMS (215
Bowery, two-rams.com) is a
new gallery from Tali Wert-
heimer, the former special
events director at the arts
organization Performa, and
architect Brandon Coburn.
The first exhibition, which
opened in mid-March,
features mixed-media
drawings from New York-
based artist Lia Chavez. She made the paintings during hours of
blind meditation. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday
from 6 to 11 p.m.
SHOOT THE LOBSTER (138 Eldridge St., shootthelobster.
com) is the experimental project space of the Martos Gallery
in Chelsea. The 500-square-foot storefront near Delancey
Street debuted last month
with a group show that runs
through April 6. This spring,
some modest renovations will
take place in the former fish
market. Rather than focusing
on conventional exhibitions,
the curators plan to encourage
a variety of creative endeavors,
including musical performances.
The gallery is open Thursday
through Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.
TANI SHOES (100
Rivington St., tanishoes.
com) took over a prime
corner spot at Riving-
ton and Ludlow streets
formerly occupied by
the Steve Madden
Warehouse. The shop,
which has long-estab-
lished locations on the
Upper West Side, features brands for men and women, including
Camper, Dr. Martens, Eastland, Sperry and Vagabond. Tani Shoes
is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and week-
ends 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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calendar
Visit our CALENDAR online at
www.thelodownny.com/calendar
for more details and
to add your own events.
what to do in APRIL
The Poet in New York at Bowery Arts +
Science: This weekly event hosted and curated
by Liz Peters and Nikhil Melnechuk features
two special guest poets and 10 brave open mic
poets competing to have their work
published, with a live band backing
up the readings. 308 Bowery, 9 p.m.,
$10, boweryartsandscience.org.
The Real Estate Show at James
Fuentes Gallery: Fuentes revisits a
seminal exhibition which took place in
1979-80 in an abandoned city-owned
building at 123 Delancey St. Organized
by a group of artists and activists, the
exhibition aimed to deal with what they
saw as a real estate crisis in New York City for the
non-wealthy. Through April 27, with additional sites at
Cuchifritos in Essex Market, 120 Essex St., (April 19-May
11) and ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (April 9- May 8),
free, jamesfuentes.com. (See our story, page 24.)
!"# %&'"(#) %&" *'+,-."'
(.# /&" *(+./"' at Dixon
Place: Painter Duston Spear
created this short film based
on the poetry of Judith Clark,
a political activist and educator
who has been an inmate at
the Bedford Hills Maximum
Security Correctional Facil-
ity for over 30 years. 161A
Chrystie St., 7:30 p.m., free,
dixonplace.org.
Richard Maxwell and New York City
Players: 0,-1#" at Abrons Arts Center:
Theatrical heavyweight Maxwells latest
play revolves around a famous actress
who decides to build her dream house
after her ability to retain her lines begins to
slip away, but the project and her marriage be-
come jeopardized by the award-winning architect
she hires. Through April 26, 466 Grand St., 8 p.m.,
$25, abronsartscenter.org.
Fri.
4
Thurs.
10
Tues.
15
Mon.
14
Edited by Traven Rice
Passover Nosh and Stroll at the
Museum at Eldridge Street: Trace the
route of turn-of-the-century
immigrants as they pre-
pared for the holiday and
journey into the kishkes of
the old Jewish Lower East
Side. Visit Streits Matzos,
The Pickle Guys and other
shops that shed light on
Passover customs, foods
and history of a century
ago. 12 Eldridge St., 11
a.m. and 2 p.m., RSVP re-
quired, $25, eldridgestreet.
org.
Sun.
6
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How The Other Half Lives at Tenement
Talks: With Jacob Riis as a starting point,
join a conversation about poverty, past and
present, and ways this country has responded
to it. The panel
includes journalists
Sasha Abramsky
and Ted Gup, and
historian Ethan
G. Sribnick from
the Institute for
Children, Poverty
and Homelessness.
103 Orchard St.,
6:30 p.m., free,
tenement.org.
Jessica Lea Mayfeld at Mercury Lounge:
The 21-year-old neo-country singer-songwriter
departs from her eloquently analytical love
songs to play some new music from 8)9, 8:
;,)' <%&., her just-released rock album. 217
E. Houston St., 7:30 p.m., $15, mercuryloung-
enyc.com.
Mon.
28
Mon.
28
Wed.
16
The self-described old-timey songwriter and playwright and his band return to Joes Pub
after touring internationally with their hit show, 2- *1(3" /- 4-. Liptons witty, working-man
lyrics stem from his modern-day experience as a perma-lancer in New York City before the
economy crashed. Supported by his bands addictive blend of jazz/folk/alternative music, the
group raises cabaret storytelling to new levels. 425 Lafayette St., 9 p.m., $20, joespub.com.
Ethan Li pton
& H i s O r c h e s t r a at J o e ' s P u b
The Tribeca Film Festival: Founded in 2002
by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and
Craig Hatkoff as a response to the attacks on
the World Trade Center, the festival happily
kicks off its 12th year of independent film
screenings, panels and festivities throughout
downtown.Through April 27. Visit tribecafilm.
com for tickets, venues and the full schedule.
Wed.
9
16 April 2014
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education
The Department of Education has reversed
a decision made in the waning days of the
Bloomberg administration to move a new
technical high school into a century-old
building on Monroe Street. Last year, parents,
teachers and students of University Neighborhood
High School, which currently occupies the building,
protested the co-location proposal. They argued
that the old converted elementary school facility
was inadequate for two high schools. The decision
was one of several reversals made by Mayor Bill de
Blasios new schools commissioner, Carmen Faria.
The new plan calls for moving the technical school
to the Murry Bergtraum
campus near the Brooklyn
Bridge. City Council
member Margaret Chin,
who advocated against
the original co-location
plan, thanked the mayor
and Faria. I look forward
to working with the
Department of Education
to make sure that our
schools get the support
and resources they need,
Chin said.
real estate
Three months before a preliminary move-
out date, six residents of a building located
on the former Seward Park Urban Renewal
Area are still in limbo. Developers of the Essex
Crossing project have asked them to vacate 400
Grand St., a building slated for demolition, by the
end of June. After years of pleading with the city,
which owns the building, the tenants sat down
with city housing ocials in recent weeks to begin
talking about relocation. Under federal guidelines,
they are eligible for temporary rent aid. At a recent
community meeting, ocials said Essex Crossing
developers have agreed to help the residents nd
new homes in buildings they own throughout
New York. Community Board 3 has asked the
city to guarantee them apartments within Essex
Crossing, but so far ocials have not agreed to the
request. Representatives from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development say they
can probably buy the tenants more time, beyond the summer, if new housing arrangements are not in
place by then.
edited by Ed Litvak
A 23-year-old Long Island man was
the apparent victim of an unprovoked
attack on the Bowery, near Rivington
Street, March 2. Kyle Rogers of Rock-
ville Centre said he believes the incident
was part of a knockout game. It hap-
pened around 2:30 a.m., shortly after he
left a bar on Spring Street. Rogers was
taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he
was treated for a broken jaw and other
injuries. Surveillance video showed a
man walking up to Rogers and sucker-
punching him before running away. A
second man videotaped the incident. So
far, police have not located the suspect
seen in the video. There have been a se-
ries of random knockout attacks in New
York in the past several months.
crime
The Lo-Down | TheLoDownNY.com 19
crime
real estate
A man who crashed a stolen truck into
an MTA bus, killing a 49-year-old father
with strong Lower East Side ties, will
face second-degree murder charges.
The district attorney decided to upgrade the
charges, meaning 23-year-old Domonic Whilby
could get life in prison. The victim, William
Pena, was behind the wheel of a city bus Feb.
12 when the accident happened on West 14th
Street. Pena was raised on Stanton Street,
and while he lived with his
college-bound daughter
and longtime girlfriend in
New Jersey, he frequently
visited his mother on
the Lower East Side.
Prosecutors said Whilbys
blood-alcohol level was
more than twice the legal
limit. Penas family has
vowed to see justice done.
A former Salvation
Army shelter at 223-
225 Bowery is headed
for redevelopment. The
building was purchased
last month by the Omnia
Group and North Wind
Group for more than $30
million. According to the
Real Deal, the building will
be converted to a 180-
room Ace Hotel with a few
condominium units. The
55,000-square-foot struc-
ture will be gut renovated.
The Salvation Army, which
has owned the building
since 1972, operated a
large soup kitchen there.
The organization is relo-
cating to Brooklyn.
real estate
Organizers of the Childrens Magical Garden on Norfolk Street are going to court to
seek possession of a portion of the garden owned by a private developer. They led a
lawsuit in state Supreme Court last month, making whats known as an adverse possession
claim. Last year, Serge Hoyda enraged garden activists when he put up a fence dividing his parcel
at 157 Norfolk St. from an adjacent city-owned lot. In January, he sold the property to a Yonkers-
based real estate rm, the Horizon Group, for $3.4 million. The new owner is planning a six-story
residential project. Now the garden group is suing both the current and former owners, asking
for unspecied damages and arguing that they are the rightful owners because they were in
possession of the property, while Hoyda abandoned it.
Members of the Childrens Magical Garden held a news conference last month.
20 April 2014
Heres the thing about Moscow 57: Its always
a party, and you are always invited.
Go with a partner on a romantic date (you wont
be the only ones). Go with a group of friends for
live music, which is on tap every night the doors
are open (Wednesday through Sunday). Go solo
and sit at the bar for a meal among friends you
just met (but beware of the vodka infusions that
flow freely).
The lively restaurant thats also a music venue,
a catering and events company and an arts col-
lective debuted at the foot of the Williamsburg
Bridge in February, the fulfillment of a lifelong
dream of proprietor Ellen Kaye. The still-evolving
menu is Russian/Central-Asian from a New York-
ers perspectivewhich translates into homey
but not heavy dishes influenced by cuisines from
Turkey to Kazakhstan and many points north. At
$6 each, the cold salads are real standouts; try the
date and orange salad with napa cabbage and
pistachios. From the kitchen overseen by partner
Seth Goldman, there are plenty of choices in the
caviar department ($85 and up), as well as nods to
neighborhood giants in a plate of cocktail sand-
wiches featuring Russ & Daughters whitefish salad
and Katzs pastrami (3 for $6).
The handmade plates come from Istanbul, the
wall clock displays Moscow time and the whiskey
is small-batch. The musicians hail from just across
the East River and around the globe, a rotating
cast of regulars that includes Ethan Fein, a gui-
tarist who is Kayes second business partner. Be-
tween live acts, the soundtrack varies wildly, from
classical Russian composers to Prince.
The walls are lined with photos of prominent
men and women of all races and backstories, as
well as family mementos documenting Kayes par-
ents days as the owners of the Russian Tea Room.
(Her father, Sidney Kaye, ran the iconic midtown
restaurant from 1947 until he died, in 1967; her
mother Faith Stewart-Gordon took over until
1996, when she sold it.) A noticeable celebra-
tion of diversity runs through the place, from the
Womens History Month banners created by one
of the singers to the Pussy Riot buttons worn by
the wait staff.
Ellens mission statement is never to have
anyone walk through that door and not feel wel-
come, says Jahde Barasch-Grose, the manager,
as she draws shots of vodka for a young couple
By Jennifer Strom
LO-DINE T
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On the menu:
a plate of mini
sandwiches featuring
Russ and Daughters
whitesh salad and
Katzs pastrami, along
with smoked salmon
and chicken salad.
Background, left to
right: cucumber-
pomegranate salad
and borscht.
is More Than a Restaurant
oscow 57
oscow 57
Photo: Alex M. Smith
The Lo-Down | TheLoDownNY.com 21
who popped in after walking across the bridge on
their first date. She cant change the world, but she
can make things happen inside her own four walls.
Those four walls have been a long time coming
for Kaye, who has spent her life preparing to open
her own place. Shes schooled herself on all aspects
of the restaurant and music businesses, beginning
with taste-testing the borscht in her fathers kitch-
en as a young child and gigging in tiny clubs as a
young adult. She completed a culinary degree and
worked a variety of jobs at a dizzying list of promi-
nent establishments (in addition to her parents),
including 21 and Union Square Caf. She was the
national events director for Smith & Wollensky Res-
taurant Group and worked with many big names in
the business, such as David Burke and Tony May.
Shes also an accomplished singer with three CDs
under her belt who has performed at the Iridium
jazz club and the Metropolitan Room.
Its quite a resume by any standards, but in a
neighborhood known as an incubator for young,
start-up chefs experimenting with new restaurant
concepts, Kaye brings an unusual level of experi-
ence and clarity of vision.
This is New York, you know? Its no place to
mess around, Kaye says over a plate of spicy cu-
cumber-pomegranate salad. I knew if I was go-
ing to do this, I was going to need a lot of chops.
The Moscow 57 concept, whose name is an
homage to both Kayes heritage and the Russian
Tea Rooms address, encompasses a wide variety
By Jennifer Strom
of people, places and things. Its music and food
is rooted not only in New York and Russia but also
New Orleans. Its events have run the gamut from
urban salons and podcasts to summer pop-up
dinners in a Harlem community garden. Visual and
performing artists come along for the ride, lend-
ing talents and voices. Goldman, an experienced
restaurateur, also produced all three of Kayes al-
bums. The pair met in college at Sarah Lawrence
and added Fein to the partnership along the way.
Were all hybrids, Kaye says.
The groups original plan for the brick-and-
mortar iteration of Moscow 57 was a larger venue
in the theater district, which was rumored to be in
the works as long ago as 2011.
Three years later, however, Midtowns loss is
the Lower East Sides gain, and the party is just
getting started.
Every night when you walk through that door,
were going to deliver, Kaye says.
Ellen Kaye is the driving force behind
Moscow 57s food, music and arts. She also
performs regularly at her new Delancey
Street spot, belting out classics like That
Old Black Magic, along with plenty of mod-
ern tunes.
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(continued)
A Roundup of
Restaurant and
Nightlife News
Clinton Street pizzeria San Marzano has
closed for good. After a burst pipe shut down the
6-year-old restaurant at 71 Clinton St. earlier this
year, the place remained dark for several weeks
without word of a reopening date. On March 10,
auctioneers signaled its permanent demise with
a sale of its assets on the premises, including its
wood-burning oven.
Chinese barbecue and hot pot cuisine
have arrived on Grand Street. Two-year-
old Sunset Park restaurant 99 Favor Taste
opened its second location on the ground
level of 285 Grand St. last month. The
menu centers on meat and seafood cooked
at your table and is priced per person as all-
you-can-eat. Traditional barbecue is $25.99
per person. Hot pots, where meat is cooked
in a choice of broths such as congee-style
or kimchi-based, are $21.99 per person.
There are plenty of vegetable options such
as pumpkin and sweet potato, as well as a
separate selection of side dishes and more
than two dozen sauces. A variety of tea, beer,
juices and shakes, including avocado and wa-
termelon, make up the beverage menu. A
mezzanine level above the main floor offers
semi-enclosed booths for seating large par-
ties, with views out over the dining room. The
restaurant is open noon to midnight daily, and
reservations are accepted.
There are big plans for a long-vacant three-sided
building at the intersection of Ludlow, Division and Canal
streets. Restaurateur Paolo Italia is hoping to serve wood-
fired oven pizza at a stand-up Roman-style joint on the
ground floor, and in the basement, artisan cocktails mixed
by veterans of East Village spirits haven Angels Share. Italia,
a principal in The Stand, a Gramercy Park comedy club and
restaurant, is partnering with owners of the small pizza chain
Numero 28 and three bartenders from Angels Share. He is
seeking a full bar permit for the bi-level space at 1 Ludlow St., which is also known as 38 Canal St. and
144 Division St. His plan is to serve only beer and wine in the street-level cafe, which will be called Three
Points. The tiny space will have a custom-built wood-fired oven and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The subterranean space will be called Ludlow Inn and feature high-end cocktails served in a cozy,
quiet atmosphere not unlike that at Angels Share, a 20-year-old self-described elegant drink parlor
hidden upstairs from a Japanese restaurant in the East Village. Italia and his partners are negotiating
agreements with the SPaCE block association, and plan to bring their proposal to Community Board 3s
liquor permit subcommittee this month.
The Lo-Down | TheLoDownNY.com 23
After months of behind-the-scenes wran-
gling over the choice of a tenant for the former
Noah's Ark Deli space, Seward Park Co-op's
directors have awarded the lease to Comfort
Diner, a Midtown restaurant that is not kosher.
Though choosing a restaurant to take over the
vacancy at 399 Grand St. may seem like a routine
business decision, it had become a political mine-
field, generating debate about whether the co-
op had a responsibility to recruit another kosher
restaurant to serve the neighborhood's dwindling
Orthodox Jewish population. Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver directly involved himself, personal-
ly calling members of the co-op's board to lobby
them to support an application from the owners
of fast-food operation Holy Schnitzel, who had
outlined a business plan for a kosher restaurant.
Noah's Ark closed for the Jewish holidays last
fall and did not reopen; Seward Park Co-op even-
tually evicted the restaurant for failure to pay more
than six figures in long-overdue rent.
Comfort Diner, which has operated at 214
E. 45th St. for nearly 20 years, boasts a menu of
"good home cooking, quick service and popular
prices" that features "both classic and new com-
fort food." The deal includes a 10-year lease with
a five-year option; renovations are expected to
begin as soon as the ink is dry.
"It's not just the financials, but the overall pack-
age," Frank Durant, the co-op's general manager,
said. "Their plan for that space was a good one
for the majority of the community. This guy wants
to make it a family-friendly, neighborhood-friendly
place."
The co-ops leaders still hope to find a place
for Holy Schnitzel's kosher proposal, possibly in
another storefront space it owns that is expected
to come available early next year, Durant said.
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In the last days of 1979, a group of artists broke
into a city-owned building at 123 Delancey St. to
install an exhibition they called The Real Estate
Show. It was a protest against New Yorks devel-
oper-centric land-use policies and a statement of
solidarity with working people. A couple of days
into the new year, city officials padlocked the build-
ing and confiscated the art. The episode was a key
moment for activist artists on the Lower East Side
that eventually led to the founding of the counter-
culture arts organization ABC No Rio.
Now, 35 years later, many of those same artists
are delving into their personal archives to recreate
the show at the James Fuentes Gallery, located
just five blocks from the spot where the dramatic
events unfolded.
The neighborhood is, of course, a very different
place than it was then. Economic decay has been
replaced by a real estate boom. Artists in 2014 are
far more likely to be displaying their works in white
box gallery spaces rather than in abandoned build-
ings ruled by rodents. But Fuentes, a Lower East
Side native, said The Real Estate Show remains
relevant today.
Its important for every gallery in the neighbor-
hood to be aware that theres a significant history
here of exhibition and, you know, were not all in-
venting this as we go along, he said.
The new exhibition is not only relevant, its time-
ly. Three decades ago, artists were told they could
not stage their show at 123 Delancey St. because
the parcel was part of the Seward Park Urban Re-
newal Area, which was about to be redeveloped.
No building happened back then, but today, the
city is finally moving ahead with a new version of
the project. A year from now, private developers
are scheduled to break ground on Essex Crossing,
a nearly two-million-square-foot residential and
commercial development.
The shows reprisal is multi-facet-
ed. At Fuentes gallery, 55 Delancey
St., many of the original works will be
displayed. Some are being recreated.
Community engagement events are
planned at the Cuchifritos Gallery in
the Essex Street Market, a building
that will be demolished to make way
for condominiums and new stores at
Essex Crossing. There will also be
programming at ABC No Rios head-
arts watch
The Real Estate Show Revived,
30 Years Later
By Ed Litvak
24 April 2014 The Lo-Down | TheLoDownNY.com 25
In the last days of 1979, a group of artists
broke into a city-owned building at 123 Delancey
St. to install an exhibition they called The Real
Estate Show. It was a protest against New Yorks
developer-centric land-use policies and a state-
ment of solidarity with working people. A couple
of days into the new year, city officials padlocked
the building and confiscated the art. The episode
was a key moment for activist artists on the Lower
East Side that eventually led to the founding of
the counterculture arts organization ABC No Rio.
Now, 35 years later, many of those same artists
are delving into their personal archives to recreate
the show at the James Fuentes Gallery, located
just five blocks from the spot where the dramatic
events unfolded.
The neighborhood is, of course, a very differ-
ent place than it was then. Economic decay has
been replaced by a real estate boom. Artists in
2014 are far more likely to be displaying their
works in white box gallery spaces rather than in
rat-infested tenements. But Fuentes, a Lower East
Side native, said The Real Estate Show remains
relevant today.
Its important for every gallery in the neigh-
borhood to be aware that theres a significant his-
tory here of exhibition and, you know, were not
all inventing this as we go along, he said.
The new exhibition is not only relevant, its
timely. Three decades ago, artists were told they
could not stage their show at 123 Delancey St.
because the parcel was part of the Seward Park
Urban Renewal Area, which was about to be re-
developed. No building happened back then, but
today, the city is finally moving ahead with a new
version of the project. A year from now, private
developers are scheduled to break
ground on Essex Crossing, a nearly
two-million-square-foot residential
and commercial development.
The shows reprisal is multi-
faceted. At Fuentes gallery, 55
Delancey St., many of the original
works will be displayed. Some are
being recreated. Community en-
gagement events are planned at
the Cuchifritos Gallery in the Es-
sex Street Market, a building that
will be demolished to make way
for condominiums and new stores
at Essex Crossing. There will also
be programming at ABC No Rios
headquarters at 156 Rivington St.
Among the 35 artists taking part in 1979 was
Becky Howland. She created some of the posters
for the show and became a driving force in the
establishment of ABC No Rio.
We had no idea what would happen, How-
land explained in a recent interview. There was a
thrill and excitement of breaking in. Facing bad
publicity, the city presented the artists, loosely
affiliated with an organization called Collective
Projects, with a list of abandoned buildings. They
were asked to choose one for the group; they ulti-
mately settled on 156 Rivington.
It was incredibly ad hoc, she said. We
made everything up as we went along.
Preparing to recreate The Real Estate Show
has been exhilarating for Howland. It was so cha-
otic in that Delancey Street building and no one
was formally documenting anything, so now the
artists are piecing the show together like a jigsaw
puzzle, and recalling old memories, she said.
The idea for the new exhibition grew out of
a conversation between Fuentes and one of the
artists, Jane Dickson.
Im excited to be doing this show, because
it is a reminder that there is a way to be an artist
that is not part of the intense commercial artery
that is running through the field right now, Fuen-
tes said. Some younger artists arent even aware
arts watch
By Ed Litvak
theres another way.
Scanning photos of some of the works during
an interview at his gallery, Fuentes observed that
a lot of the art presented was unremarkable. But
that may be beside the point. The event, and sev-
eral others like it at around the same time, led to
a watershed moment for 1980s radical art, The
Times Square Show.
Theres a beautiful narrative around these
shows, Fuentes added. In 1980, there was an
economic crisis. Today, there is a cultural crisis.
Hopefully, by revisiting this show, we can speak to
relevant issues now.
Howland said a big goal 34 years ago was to
create a place where people could talk over issues
and express their concerns about gentrification. In
one respect it was a major success, since ABC No
Rio, she noted has existed as a toehold of anar-
chy in the midst of Disneyland. Reflecting on the
tumult in 1979, she added, Sometimes a little bit
of drama is a good thing.
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Photos: 1. Ann Messner with bold cutters used to enter 125
Delancey St. Photo by Peter Moennig. 2. Tempera on board
painting found in a former methadone clinic where Joseph
Nechvatal squatted as a studio. The clinic was the site of a
pre-meeting for Real Estate, and this painting was exhibited
in the show. 3. Hand-written poster outside the Real Estate
Show by Becky Howard. 4. Artist Joseph Beuys (second
from right) ooutside the closed-up Real Estate Show. Photo
by Barbara Brooks.
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4.
The abandoned building on
Delancey St., where the show was held.
24 April 2014
Top: Poster for The Real Estate Show by
Becky Howland. Left: 123 Delancey St.
Photo by Alan Moore.
quarters at 156 Rivington St.
Among the 35 artists taking part in 1979 was
Becky Howland. She created some of the posters
for the show and became a driving force in the es-
tablishment of ABC No Rio.
We had no idea what would happen, How-
land explained in a recent interview. There was a
thrill and excitement of breaking in. Facing bad
publicity, the city presented the artists, loosely affili-
ated with an organization called Collective Projects,
with a list of abandoned buildings. They were asked
to choose one for the group; they ultimately settled
on 156 Rivington.
It was incredibly ad hoc, she said. We made
everything up as we went along.
Preparing to recreate The Real Estate Show
has been exhilarating for Howland. It was so chaotic
in that Delancey Street building and no one was for-
mally documenting anything, so now the artists are
piecing the show together like a jigsaw puzzle, and
recalling old memories, she said.
The idea for the new exhibition grew out of a
conversation between Fuentes and one of the art-
ists, Jane Dickson.
Im excited to be doing this show, because it
is a reminder that there is a way to be an artist that
is not part of the intense commercial artery that is
running through the field right now, Fuentes said.
Some younger artists arent even aware theres
another way.
Scanning photos of some of the works during
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In the last days of 1979, a group of artists
broke into a city-owned building at 123 Delancey
St. to install an exhibition they called The Real
Estate Show. It was a protest against New Yorks
developer-centric land-use policies and a state-
ment of solidarity with working people. A couple
of days into the new year, city officials padlocked
the building and confiscated the art. The episode
was a key moment for activist artists on the Lower
East Side that eventually led to the founding of
the counterculture arts organization ABC No Rio.
Now, 35 years later, many of those same artists
are delving into their personal archives to recreate
the show at the James Fuentes Gallery, located
just five blocks from the spot where the dramatic
events unfolded.
The neighborhood is, of course, a very differ-
ent place than it was then. Economic decay has
been replaced by a real estate boom. Artists in
2014 are far more likely to be displaying their
works in white box gallery spaces rather than in
rat-infested tenements. But Fuentes, a Lower East
Side native, said The Real Estate Show remains
relevant today.
Its important for every gallery in the neigh-
borhood to be aware that theres a significant his-
tory here of exhibition and, you know, were not
all inventing this as we go along, he said.
The new exhibition is not only relevant, its
timely. Three decades ago, artists were told they
could not stage their show at 123 Delancey St.
because the parcel was part of the Seward Park
Urban Renewal Area, which was about to be re-
developed. No building happened back then, but
today, the city is finally moving ahead with a new
version of the project. A year from now, private
developers are scheduled to break
ground on Essex Crossing, a nearly
two-million-square-foot residential
and commercial development.
The shows reprisal is multi-
faceted. At Fuentes gallery, 55
Delancey St., many of the original
works will be displayed. Some are
being recreated. Community en-
gagement events are planned at
the Cuchifritos Gallery in the Es-
sex Street Market, a building that
will be demolished to make way
for condominiums and new stores
at Essex Crossing. There will also
be programming at ABC No Rios
headquarters at 156 Rivington St.
Among the 35 artists taking part in 1979 was
Becky Howland. She created some of the posters
for the show and became a driving force in the
establishment of ABC No Rio.
We had no idea what would happen, How-
land explained in a recent interview. There was a
thrill and excitement of breaking in. Facing bad
publicity, the city presented the artists, loosely
affiliated with an organization called Collective
Projects, with a list of abandoned buildings. They
were asked to choose one for the group; they ulti-
mately settled on 156 Rivington.
It was incredibly ad hoc, she said. We
made everything up as we went along.
Preparing to recreate The Real Estate Show
has been exhilarating for Howland. It was so cha-
otic in that Delancey Street building and no one
was formally documenting anything, so now the
artists are piecing the show together like a jigsaw
puzzle, and recalling old memories, she said.
The idea for the new exhibition grew out of
a conversation between Fuentes and one of the
artists, Jane Dickson.
Im excited to be doing this show, because
it is a reminder that there is a way to be an artist
that is not part of the intense commercial artery
that is running through the field right now, Fuen-
tes said. Some younger artists arent even aware
arts watch
By Ed Litvak
theres another way.
Scanning photos of some of the works during
an interview at his gallery, Fuentes observed that
a lot of the art presented was unremarkable. But
that may be beside the point. The event, and sev-
eral others like it at around the same time, led to
a watershed moment for 1980s radical art, The
Times Square Show.
Theres a beautiful narrative around these
shows, Fuentes added. In 1980, there was an
economic crisis. Today, there is a cultural crisis.
Hopefully, by revisiting this show, we can speak to
relevant issues now.
Howland said a big goal 34 years ago was to
create a place where people could talk over issues
and express their concerns about gentrification. In
one respect it was a major success, since ABC No
Rio, she noted has existed as a toehold of anar-
chy in the midst of Disneyland. Reflecting on the
tumult in 1979, she added, Sometimes a little bit
of drama is a good thing.
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Revival of The Real Estate Show"
Photos: 1. Ann Messner with bold cutters used to enter 125
Delancey St. Photo by Peter Moennig. 2. Tempera on board
painting found in a former methadone clinic where Joseph
Nechvatal squatted as a studio. The clinic was the site of a
pre-meeting for Real Estate, and this painting was exhibited
in the show. 3. Hand-written poster outside the Real Estate
Show by Becky Howard. 4. Artist Joseph Beuys (second
from right) ooutside the closed-up Real Estate Show. Photo
by Barbara Brooks.
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4.
The abandoned building on
Delancey St., where the show was held.
an interview at his gallery, Fuentes observed that a
lot of the art presented was unremarkable. But that
may be beside the point. The event, and several
others like it at around the same time, led to a wa-
tershed moment for 1980s radical art, The Times
Square Show.
Theres a beautiful narrative around these
shows, Fuentes added. In 1980, there was an
economic crisis. Today, there is a cultural crisis.
Hopefully, by revisiting this show, we can speak to
relevant issues now.
Howland said a big goal 34 years ago was to
create a place where people could talk over issues
and express their concerns about gentrification. In
one respect it was a major success, since ABC No
Rio, she noted has existed as a toehold of anarchy
in the midst of Disneyland. Reflecting on the tu-
mult in 1979, she added, Sometimes a little bit of
drama is a good thing.
Photos: 1. Ann Messner with clippers used to enter the
building. Photo by Peter Moennig. 2. Tempera on board
painting found in a former methadone clinic by artist
Joseph Nechvatal.3. Hand-written poster outside the Real
Estate Show by Becky Howland. 4. Outside 123 Delancey.
(German artist, Joseph Beuys, second from right). Photo by
Barbara Brooks.
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26 April 2014
able to live here. My neighbors, landlord, local
friends and new friends who work around here are
all creative, artistic, hopeful, entertaining, smart
people who constantly inspire me, and hopefully
vice versa. A few years ago I was directing a com-
mercial and my neighbors and I converted our en-
tire floor into a production office. Stuff like that is
pure NYC. The Velvet Underground was founded
on my block. Tony Conrad, Jack Smith, Mike Mills:
Ludlow Street. Dont get me started. The bad? I
could use 5,000 extra square feet.
Whats your favorite spot on the LES and
why (could be a block, garden, bar, build-
ing, etc.)?
Caf Grumpy. Hours are spent there talking
about art with the remarkable, talented artists
who make that magic espresso. I want to name
them but theyll be embarrassed so I wont. Im
also a big fan of Lost Weekend NYC, owned by
friends who go out of their way to bring togeth-
er the Lower East Side community.
How long have you lived on the Lower
East Side?
For the better part of 17 years, with some brief in-
terludes in a few other neighborhoods.
Why did you move here?
Petula Clark tells it best: So go downtown, where
the lights are bright, downtown. Waiting for you
tonight, downtown. Youre gonna be all right now,
downtown.
What do you do?
Artist, photographer, filmmaker, writer.
Tell us about your apartment the good,
the bad and the ugly.
I live in a small loft on Ludlow Street. Much of my
life since I moved here in the 90s has centered
around Ludlow Street. I am beyond grateful to be
H. Spencer
YOUNG
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people who live and work on the Lower
East Side, we talked with photographer
and lmmaker H. Spencer Young.
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Favorite cheap eats?
My version of cheap eats is subsisting on dark-
chocolate-covered almonds from The Sweet Life.
Favorite place for a special night (or
event), when you are splurging?
I had this fantastic date recently. After we finished
drinks at Freemans we both confessed that we
were craving Katzs pastrami at 11 p.m. Check was
instantly paid, and we made a beeline for Katzs,
where, between us, we ate four hot dogs and split
a pastrami sandwich. (Insert joke here regarding
the table.)
How have you seen the neighborhood
change?
This is too big of a question. To the same degree
that the LES is one of the last bastions of art and
music in Manhattan, it is also hell on earth due to
the direction that the nightlife is going in. Ill spare
you the gentrification clichs and lamenting the
loss of the legacy cultural spots because Im more
focused on those of us who are trying to keep our
noses to the grindstone and be part of the solution
going forward. The area is going through what
Soho went through over the last 25 years, and we
are in the transition state presently, from artistic/
cultural center to urban theme park. But, the strug-
gle is part of the magic. The story is not over.
What do you miss from the old LES?
The old after-hours clubs with the best deep house
on earth spinning until noon. And peanut butter,
banana and honey sandwiches at the Pink Pony in
the middle of the night.
Is there a new arrival you love? Why?
Dimes. Because everything about Dimes is sun-
shine. I also love Dudleys. Because ribs.
What drives you crazy about the 'hood?
The lack of a piazza. The LES seriously lacks a place
where people can meet and spend time together
outside, talking, just being.
Whats the strangest thing youve ever
seen on the LES?
Walked out of my building one day three summers
ago, and Kramer [actor Michael Richards, from Sein-
feld] was standing next to my building, alone, taking
close-up photos of bricks on the building facades.
The block was empty. Summertime empty. Just he
and I on the block. We acknowledged each other
and I went on my way. It was pure strange.
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