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  1. shopping
    Beverly’s Is Making It PermanentBeverly Nguyen’s roaming homewares pop-up signed a lease at 27 Orchard.
    By Clio Chang
  2. great rooms
    He Transformed His LES Apartment To Feel Like His Minnesota Childhood Home.Artist and set designer Steven Hammel’s cozy nostalgia.
    By Wendy Goodman
  3. from the archives
    From the Archives: When Gentrification Hit the Lower East SideThere goes the neighborhood.
    By Craig Unger
  4. hot garbage
    Forever Sifting: One Woman’s Quest to Rescue the Trash of the Lower East SideFor Vicki Rovere, running the Ludlow Street Free Store is not just a job; “I accept the fact that I am funding my obsession.”
    By Aaron Reiss
  5. 21 questions
    Ruoyi Jiang Hates the Lower East Side’s Bad Public ArtThe founder of Chop Suey Club answers Curbed’s “21 Questions.”
    As told to Diana Budds
  6. renters
    Is Chinatown’s Largest Housing Nonprofit a Bad Landlord?Protests over a recent lockout are just the latest problem for Asian Americans for Equality.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  7. the group portrait
    The Lower East Side Seniors Who Organized Their Own T’ai Chi Class“T’ai chi helps with memory,” one says. “It’s important, at our age, to keep our minds alert.”
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  8. neighborhoods
    The Lower East Side’s (Not Very Well Known) Black HistoryAn exclusive look at the Tenement Museum’s new walking tour.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  9. closings
    Good-bye to Sammy’s Roumanian and Its Glorious SchmaltzNew York’s favorite “Jewish disco” has closed its doors for good.
    By Jason Diamond