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Once characterized by tenements and pushcarts, Orchard
Street gained its flavor more than 200 years ago, as
families squeezed into cramped buildings that filled
lower Manhattan. Industrious immigrants became the Lower
East Side's first business owners.
Selling their wares from potato sacks to thousands of
local shoppers, successful business entrepreneurs from
around the world soon expanded
their inventory and bought pushcarts - and eventually
storefronts to make Orchard Street one of the busiest
commercial districts in the world, making the neighborhood a
cultural mecca.
Over a century after
hardworking immigrant families first crowded the
tenements of Orchard Street, visitors from around the
world are rediscovering the historic neighborhood and
finding new surprises -- all the while absorbing the
amazing history which characterizes the area.
Come explore the
historic Lower East Side. You may never, Like thousands of immigrants
before you, want to leave. |
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GALLERIES
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31 Grand Gallery
143 Ludlow St.
212.228.0901 |
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington St.
212.254.3697
www.abcnorio.org
Founded in 1980, ABC No Rio is an internationally known, collectively run
center for art and activism. Regular features include fine art exhibitions,
poetry readings, film & video screenings. The weekly hard core/punk and
experimental/improvisational music bookings are neighborhood faves.
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Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St.
212.598.0400
Housed within the historic Henry Street Settlement, the Abrons Arts Center
is home to the national historic landmark Harry De Jur Playhouse and an
outdoor sculpture garden, and hosts a range of art exhibits, dance and
musical performances and theatre productions.
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art.les.nyc Studios
(by appointment only)
202 Rivington St.
917.406.9863 |
Asian American Art Center
26 Bowery, 3rd Fl.
212.233.2154
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Bottom Feeders Studio Gallery
195 Christie Street, Studio 203A
917.974.9664
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CANADA
55 Chrystie St.
212.925.4631 |
Christopher Henry Gallery
127 Elizabeth St.
212.244.6004 |
Clemente Soto Velez
107 Suffolk St.
212.260.4080 |
common room 2
465 Grand St. rear lobby
212.358.8605 |
DCKT Contemporary
195 Bowery
212.741.9955 |
e-flux's PAWNSHOP
53 Ludlow St.
212.619.3356 |
Eleven Rivington
11 Rivington St.
212.982.1930 |
Envoy Gallery
131 Chrystie St.
212.226.4555 |
Feature Inc.
276 Bowery
212.675.7772 |
Fruit and Flower Deli
53 Stanton St.
212.582.4425 |
Fusion Arts Museum
57 Stanton St.
212.995.5290 |
Galleryonetwentyeight
128 Rivington St.
212.674.0244 |
Janos Gat Gallery
195 Bowery
212.677.3525 |
Lehmann Maupin
201 Chrystie St.
212.254.0054 |
Luxe Gallery
53 Stanton St.
212.582.4425 |
Mark LaRiviere
137 Rivington St.
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MF Gallery
157 Rivington St.
917.446.8681 |
Museum 52
95 Rivington St.
212.228.3090 |
Naked Eye
192 Orchard Street
212.253.4935 |
Number 35
39 Essex St.
212.388.9311 |
Participant Inc.
253 East Houston St.
212.254.4334 |
Simon Preston Gallery
301 Broome St.
212.431.1105 |
Sloan Fine Art
128 Rivington St.
212.447.1140 |
Smith-Stewart
53 Stanton St.
212.447.2821 |
Sunday L.E.S.
237 Eldridge St.
212.253.0700 |
The Educational Alliance
197 East Broadway
212.780.2300 |
The New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
212.219.1222 |
The Performance Project at University Settlement
184 Eldridge St.
212.453.4532 |
Thierry Goldberg Projects (SixtySeven)
5 Rivington St.
212.967.2260 |
Thrust Projects
114 Bowery, 3rd Floor
212.431.4802 |
Woodward Gallery
133 Eldridge St.
212.966.3411 |
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