by test | Jul 26, 2018
Image source : http://loisaida.org/ Logo source : https://www.facebook.com/LoisaidaFest
| Country |
United State |
| City |
New York City (Lower East Side) |
| Name |
Loisada Center – Street Festival |
| Date |
1979 |
| Description of the project |
Founded in 1979, the Loisaida Center is the oldest Puerto Rican nonprofit organization in the Lower East Side. Since then, its mission has been to address the “social and economic disenfranchisement of poor, low-income, and working class residents of the Lower East Side.” Every year, the Loisaida Center hosts the Loisaida Festival, which attracts over 18,000 visitors. The Festival celebrates Puerto Rican and Latino culture through music, food, and the arts. It began as an event for the community and has now grown to attract visitors from all over the city. It also serves as a platform to disseminate critical information regarding education, health, or other public interest information to the neighborhood.
Since 1987, the Loisaida Festival has been celebrated on the Sunday before Memorial Day. This is the largest ethnic community pride festival in the Lower East Side and grows annually in impact, attracting between 15,000-25,000 people each year. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Project Website |
http://loisaida.org/loisaida-festival/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
http://www.loisaidafest.org/home/overview/
Social center Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/TheLoisaidaCenter
Festival Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/LoisaidaFest
Contact : info@loisaida.org for the social center, and for the festival festival@loisaida.org |
New York City
by test | Jul 26, 2018
Image source: https://www.villagepreservation.org/2021/05/06/celebrating-chino-garcia-co-founder-of-charas-el-bohio/
| Country |
United States |
| City |
New York (Lower East Side) |
| Name |
El Bohio/CHARAS – A Contested Community Center |
| Date |
1977 |
| Description of the project |
The building of the former Public School 64 was made into a community center, known as El Bohio/CHARAS, beginning in 1977, led by the community organizations Adopt-a-Building and CHARAS. The grass-roots transformation of the unoccupied building was part of the Lower East Side’s reclaiming and revitalization by community members. El Bohio became a thriving space for arts, culture, fitness, and youth activities. In the words of the website Place Matters, “[El Bohio’s] special significance is in its identity as a public building, dedicated to the revival of community and of cultural survival.”
El Bohio/CHARAS is currently fenced off and not used as a community center; its status is actively contested. It was auctioned off my Mayor Giuliani to a developer 16 years ago, and has been the focus of activism to return it to community use. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Project Website |
|
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Read more about the struggle to return El Bohio / CHARAS to community members at the links below: http://www.sohojournal.com/content/Save-Landmarked-former-PS-64CHARAS-El-Bohio,
https://www.villagepreservation.org/2021/05/06/celebrating-chino-garcia-co-founder-of-charas-el-bohio/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/nyregion/fight-over-charas-community-center.html |
605 East 9th Street, New York, NY
by test | Jul 26, 2018
Image source : https://hackmanhattan.com/
| Country |
United State |
| City |
New York |
| Name |
Hack Manhattan |
| Date |
|
| Description of the project |
Hack Manhattan is a non-profit ($100 a month membership granting access to equipment and voting rights), all volunteer space on 14th St. Members of this community are interested in art, craft, electronics, textiles, and technology come together and socialize, work on projects, and share knowledge. Hack Manhattan hosts various workshop, classes, and events where people can learn different skills such as 3D printing, laser cutting, coding, and knitting. Members have access to different equipment and tools – 3D printers, 3-axis mill, router table, soldering stations, sewing machines + sergers, Lathe, Band saw and Bench grinders. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Strong |
| Project Website |
https://hackmanhattan.com/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Hack Manhattan website https://hackmanhattan.com/
Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/hackmanhattan
Contact : info@hackmanhattan.com |
137 W 14th st, NY
by test | Jul 26, 2018
Image source : https://garden9c.org/
| Country |
United State |
| City |
New York |
| Name |
The9th Street Community Graden Park |
| Date |
1979 |
| Description of the project |
The 9th Street Community Garden Park rests atop the basements of five buildings that fell down, formerly occupying the space. Along with the wave of abandoned buildings, property disinvestment, and the economic downturn that came through the Lower East Side (and New York City more widely) beginning in the 1970s, there was a mobilization in the Lower East Side to take back the buildings and grounds as squats and gardens.
Rainwater is captured through a series of drains and bins. Composting also takes place, producing soil for the garden’s plots. The city has studied and recognized both the composting techniques and the rainwater capture when looking to spread techniques to other parts of the city. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Weak |
| Enabling State |
Strong |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
Weak |
| Project Website |
https://garden9c.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
9th Street Community Garden NYC | Loving And Serving The Lower East Side (garden9c.org)
Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/9thstreetcommunitygardenpark |
Northeast corner of East 9th Street & Ave C
(212)788-8070
by test | Jul 26, 2018
Image source: https://www.facebook.com/bluestockingsnyc
| Country |
United States |
| City |
New York City |
| Name |
Bluestockings |
| Date |
early 2000’s |
| Description of the project |
Bluestockings is a collectively-owned bookstore, cafe, and activist space in the Lower East Side. The space is collectively owned, with a focus on breaking even so that the store can continue to exist, and is staffed entirely by volunteers in a non-hierarchical model. Bluestockings members and volunteers take intentional and proactive care to nurture a space that is welcoming and non-threatening to all people, regardless of gender identity, survivor status, age, sexual orientation, race, and other identity group memberships. When Bluestockings was founded, it focused mainly on feminism; it now fills its shelves and events with topics about many forms of activism, oppression, and stories of marginalized people. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
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| Enabling State |
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| Pooling |
|
| Experimentalism |
|
| Tech Justice |
|
| Project Website |
https://bluestockings.com/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
|
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
