The Art, Education, and Community Practice Program, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development NYU The History of Housing Activism in the Lower East Side, 2016 The History of...

an art commission by FABnyc  Staying Power is a print and online publishing platform dedicated to amplifying a people’s history of public housing. The project uses visual and archival strategies...

Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by John Blasco Shawn Garcia – District Leader in the Lower East Side (74AD) Born and raised in New York City in a Puerto...

Cooper Square Committee  Mission The Cooper Square Committee’s mission is to work with area residents to contribute to the preservation and development of affordable, environmentally healthy housing and community/ cultural...

  GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side) is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1977. We’re dedicated to tenants’ rights,...

by Ryan Joseph & Dave Powell It Took 50 Years: Frances Goldin and the Struggle for Cooper Sq.

LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Nominated by Grauven Olivares, Grand Street Guild Residents Association Sandra Strother is the President of the Grand Street Guild Residents Association. Sandra Strother, a native and resident...

Lower East Side Community Hero Thea Martinez is honored to be part of the Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) Land Use and Public Housing Committee. Thea first became involved...

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Steve Herrick, Cooper Square Committee (CSC) photo by Whitney Browne Harriet Putterman has had a long association with Cooper Square Committee (CSC) and...

“It took us 50 f—ing years but we made this community, this little community of Cooper Square, unlike any community in the world! Chelsea and Harlem and Brooklyn and Queens...