Manhattan's Lower East Side: LES is more

It's known as LES and it's the up-and-coming New York neighbourhood. Or should I say "up and came"? Because the gentrification of Manhattan's Lower East Side has been so rapid in the past few years that it would be unrecognisable to the European immigrants who colonised its tenements in the 19th century.

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Mott 32

Transforming the basement of the Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong into the restaurant Mott 32 was the greatest challenge to date for local designer Joyce Wang. "We fought for that project because the site was so difficult," she says.

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New York City, then and now

... on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Photo: Weegee, Mark Lennihan, AP This combination shows the Jan. 17, 1941 photo "Chinatown fire" by Weegee, provided by the International Center of Photography in New York, and Doyers Street in New York on Wednesday, ...

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BWW Reviews: Benanti, Hough and Wolpe Tour the City in Radio City...

Back in the day, Broadway musicals like A Trip To Chinatown , Greenwich Village Follies and numerous Harlem-set revues offered mid-town theatregoers a bit of a guided tour through outer reaches of Manhattan. The spirit of those shows is alive and kicking in Radio City Music Hall's New York Spring Spectacular , where director/choreographer Warren Carlyle uses bookwriter Joshua Harmon 's light narrative as an excuse to recreate on stage some of New York's great attractions, most of them serving as inspiration for the legendary Rockettes to make an appearance.

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Amy Scherzer's Diary: Weekly wrap-up of the Tampa social scene

Lisa DeBartolo and Don Miggs sheltered Joshua House Foundation's annual Circle of Friends dinner at their Palma Ceia home to help the shelter continue caring for the neglected and abused children under its roof. No roof covered the Marrakesh Express party March 20, served alfresco by Mise en Place with vivid decor donated by K-4 Productions.

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'The Weegee Guide to New York' shows mid-20th century city

... walking down the same staircase on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. This combination shows the Jan. 17, 1941 photo "Chinatown fire" by Weegee, provided by the International Center of Photography in New York, and Doyers Street in New York on Wednesday, ...

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The changing face of New York: Previously unseen images by...

Pictures by crime photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, show life in New York in the 1940s and 50s These stunning images show the bustling heart of New York in the middle of the 20th century - and how times have changed in the city. Pictures taken in the 1940s and 1950s by legendary crime photographer Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, are shown alongside shots of the same areas captured this month.

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