Lower East Side

A photograph of a Jewish cobbler ready for Sabbath Eve in a coal cellar in New York, where he is living with his family taken by Jacob Riis.

The Antisemitic Campaign to Brand All Jews as Anarchists

Every successive wave of 19th century immigrants to America washed up on New York’s Lower East Side, but not everyone put out the welcome mat for Jews.

Steven Ujifusa

WHEREFORE ART THOU?

The Party Where You Debate Shakespeare’s Identity All Night

Filmmaker and writer Phoebe Nir has organized the party around “the authorship question”—a debate over who’s responsible for masterworks like “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet.”

Helen Holmes

‘FREE ANNA DELVEY!’

Anna Sorokin Phones It in to Become an Art World Darling

“I’m making work right now for my solo show,” Anna Sorokin told The Daily Beast from custody, as she called in to an art event held in her name on New York City’s Lower East Side.

Alexandra Peers

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GRIT & GLAMOUR

‘The Velvet Underground’: A Trippy, Sexy, Must-See Rock Doc

Todd Haynes’ documentary on the pioneering ‘60s/’70s Lower East Side band, led by Lou Reed and John Cale (with a touch of Andy Warhol), magically transports you back in time.

Nick Schager

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Sound of Silence

Will Money Destroy NYC Hotspot That Launched Lana Del Rey?

The SideWalk Café on New York City's Lower East Side is a treasured gnarly hang-out and performance space humming with old school Lower East Side attitude. And it just got sold.

Anthony Haden-Guest

How Jerry Became Joey And Hassan

Goodbye to ‘Some Sort of Beat Jesus’

Jack Kerouac made a character of him; Allen Ginsberg a roommate. And Miles Davis was just one of the musicians who used him as a driver and drug hook-up.

Ben Feuerherd