LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Nominated by Elissa Sampson Corrinne Jennings arrived in New York City in the 1960s, ready to work as a Broadway Scene Designer. At a meeting...

LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Joyce Mendelsohn is the author of The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited: History and Guide to a Legendary Neighborhood. She is a granddaughter of...

Journey Wall Oral History Collection at the Museum of Chinese in America The Journey Wall is a custom art installation created for MOCA’s lobby by renowned artist/designer Maya Lin. The...

Executive Producer: Yin Kong / Producer, Videographer, and Editor: Hai-Li Kong / Producer and Translator: Alice Liu / Advising Creative Producers: Aaron Reiss / Shahbano Farid. Thank you to: Eastern...

Lower East Side Community Hero nominated by Ryan Gilliam, FABnyc & Downtown Art A native of Philadelphia, Debra came to NY to seek her fortune in the motion picture business...

Part of The New York Memory Project coordinated and compiled by artist and interviewer Antígona González in collaboration with FABnyc and The People’s LES   Juana Sud is an 83...

Lower East Side COMMUNITY HERO Nominated by Kayte Handler & Felicia Mayro, St. Mark’s Historic Landmark Fund   Jimmy Fragosa is the Sexton at St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery  

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Deb Scher, Educational Alliance’s Manny Cantor Center photo by Whitney Browne Jose Ortiz is a volunteer at Senior Advocacy Leadership Team (SALT) at...

  Beginning in 2012, this portfolio was part of a 5.5 year weekly interview and history project project done with the East Village news website, evgrieve.com, titled Out and About...

Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Louis, Basketball Player & Mentee Sam “Goody” Jacques was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan where he attended/volunteers at many grassroots...