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View details »: 10th Anniversary Mixtape Press Release
10th Anniversary Mixtape Press Release
Contacts: Bill DiPaolo – 917.577.5621 Sheila Jamison – 917.439.9294 Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space Marks Milestone with 10th Anniversary Mixtape Weekend,…
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View details »: February 2022 – Spatial DeconcentrationFebruary 2022 – Spatial Deconcentration
24 February 2022 By John C. Harris Every community experiences change. Whether that change is imposed from the top down or generated from the…
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View details »: January 2022 – The MoRUS Zine Library is HereJanuary 2022 – The MoRUS Zine Library is Here
30 January 2022 By John C. Harris The MoRUS Zine Library is complete! Click the link to explore our collection and dive into…
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View details »: December – The Correlation Between P.S. 64’s Architecture and its Success as CHARAS/El BohioDecember – The Correlation Between P.S. 64’s Architecture and its Success as CHARAS/El Bohio
23 December 2021 By Nina Martineck Most of us know the former P.S. 64 as CHARAS/El Bohio, a community center started by…
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View details »: November – Looking Back On The Occupied Wall Street Journal 10 Years After the Eviction of Zuccotti ParkNovember – Looking Back On The Occupied Wall Street Journal 10 Years After the Eviction of Zuccotti Park
11 November 2021 By John C. Harris Ten years ago today, on the morning of November 15, 2011, New York City Police…
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View details »: September – The Role of Land Trusts in the Lower East SideSeptember – The Role of Land Trusts in the Lower East Side
29 September 2021 By John C. Harris National Public Lands Day is celebrated annually on the fourth Saturday of September with initiatives…
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View details »: August — The Newspaper Collection at MoRUS: East Villager and Lower East Side NewsAugust — The Newspaper Collection at MoRUS: East Villager and Lower East Side News
by John C. Harris 17 August 2021 “They were laying the paper out on the floor of the living room, really cutting…
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View details »: July — Radical Community Part 4 of 4: Local Media Production & ConclusionJuly — Radical Community Part 4 of 4: Local Media Production & Conclusion
by John C. Harris July 18 2021 Some radical spaces within the neighborhood are committed to grassroots style cultural production with the…
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View details »: July — Radical Community Part 3 of 4: Solutions to the Lack of Open Space and Food InequityJuly — Radical Community Part 3 of 4: Solutions to the Lack of Open Space and Food Inequity
by John C. Harris July 13 2021 Food, and access to food, is a global problem. It is no different in the…
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View details »: July — Radical Community Part 2 of 4: Housing InitiativesJuly — Radical Community Part 2 of 4: Housing Initiatives
by John C. Harris July 5 2021 Housing is among the most contentious subjects within the Lower East Side. Given that, and…
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View details »: July — Radical Community in the Lower East Side Part 1 of 4: What is Radical?July — Radical Community in the Lower East Side Part 1 of 4: What is Radical?
by John C. Harris July 1 2021 Radical is a dirty word in some segments of society. Oftentimes our first interaction with…
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View details »: June — An Introduction to MoRUS
June — An Introduction to MoRUS
by John C. Harris June 1 2021 The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space. Is the name a mouthful? Possibly. But its acronym…