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Description: "In the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan lies Essex Crossing, an unprecedented development comprising 1.9 million square feet of residential, commercial, and community space. The nine sites on six acres, commonly known as the Seward Park Extension Urban Renewal Area (SPEURA), have sat mostly vacant since 1967 and represent one of the most significant urban renewal developments in the history of New York City. Phased construction is expected to begin in the late Spring/ early Summer of 2015 and to be completed by 2024."
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Subject: Real estate development, Land use
Group: Urban development
Creator: Delancey Street Associates
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Gardens Rising is a community-based environmental project to reduce stormwater flooding on the Lower East Side by building green infrastructure in our community gardens."
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Subject: Stormwater inflitration, Neighborhood planning, Community gardens
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: New York City Community Garden Coalition
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden was founded in 1976 by local residents and greening activists who took over what were then a series of vacant city lots piled high with rubble and trash. In an effort to improve the neighborhood during a downward trend of arson, drugs, and abandonment common in that era, members of the Latino group CHARAS cleared out truckloads of refuse...In 2003 La Plaza was renamed in memory of Armando Perez, a CHARAS founder and former District Leader of the Lower East Side who was killed in 1999."
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Subject: Community gardens, Neighborhood planning
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "A shimmering stretch of green amidst the sea of concrete, asphalt, and tightly-packed buildings, Sara D. Roosevelt Park provides a refreshing respite for residents and visitors of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Named for philanthropist and Presidential mother Sara Delano Roosevelt in 1934, the park remains a vibrant common ground for senior citizens, children, and recent immigrants, as well as the more recent addition of artists and young professionals."
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Subject: Sara D. Roosevelt Park (New York, N.Y.), Parks
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Sara D. Roosevelt Park Coalition
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Siempre Verde Garden celebrates the ethnic riches and intergenerational connections of our LES community by providing a place to be with nature. SVG improves quality of life, offers sustainable living—an educational resource for the neighborhood."
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Subject: Community gardens
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Siempre Verde Garden (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) , New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Friends of the Lower East Side is a grass roots organization founded in 2011 by Linda Jones, Mitchell Grubler, and Joyce Mendelsohn. We are dedicated to preserving the architectural and cultural heritage of this historic center of immigrant life in lower Manhattan. The area, located between East Houston and Water Street, stretching from the East River to the Bowery, contains a number of significant buildings reflecting its history as the first home in America for immigrants from throughout the world."
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Subject: Historic preservation, Neighborhood planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Friends of the Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "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, homelessness prevention, economic development, and community revitalization."
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Subject: Community development, Housing, Neighborhood planning
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Good Old Lower East Side (Organization)
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Lower East Side Preservation Initiative: we're local residents and preservationists who want to preserve what's left of the historic architecture and streetscapes of Manhattan's historic Lower East Side."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to the historic preservation of the Lower East Side’s sacred sites."
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Subject: Historic districts--Conservation and restoration, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation
Group: Historic preservation
Creator: Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Lo-Down is a community website dedicated to daily news coverage, including in-depth reporting on urban issues, real estate, popular culture and--most significantly--the people who live and work in one of the world’s greatest neighborhoods, the Lower East Side."
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Subject: Neighborhood planning, Community development
Creator: Litvak, Ed, Rice, Traven
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Mission: To cultivate, promote, represent and advocate community interests of preserving affordability, appropriate and diverse commercial and residential community development, disaster recovery preparedness, resiliency and environmental quality, crime reduction, leadership support, transportation, commuting and infrastructure"
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Subject: Community development
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Tenants United Fighting for Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Status on live web: Unavailable
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Partnership’s mission is to enhance the unique and diverse character of the Lower East Side by improving overall quality of life and supporting the continued growth and vitality of the local economy."
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Subject: Community development, Neighborhood planning
Group: Community development
Creator: Lower East Side Partnership
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The Coalition to Protect Chinatown and LES is an association of community groups, elected officials, senior centers, small business, students, workers and families. We are uniting for fight displacement and take control of our community––Chinatown and the Lower East Side."
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Subject: Community development, Real estate development, Zoning
Group: Community development
Creator: Coalition to Protect Chinatown and LES (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Chinatown (New York, N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Description: "Two Bridges serves the residential, commercial, and cultural life of Manhattan’s Lower East Side through community-based programs and strategic partnerships. Our service area includes the economically, culturally, and ethnically diverse neighborhoods of Two Bridges, Chinatown and the Lower East Side."
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Subject: Community development
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Two Bridges Neighborhood Council (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) , New York (N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "The mission of the Lower East Side Coalition Housing Development, Inc. (LEScoalition) is to improve and stabilize the quality of life for local residents by the development of new construction and the substantial rehabilitation of vacant housing stock to preserve affordable housing for individuals of low-to-moderate income. The organization is committed to providing professional, community-based not for profit management of new and rehabbed buildings in its portfolio. "
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Subject: Community development, Housing
Group: Neighborhood associations
Creator: Lower East Side Housing Development (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Description: "Working towards a sustainable NYC since 1987--we offer community-based recycling and composting programs, local stewardship of green space, and environmental education programs."
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Subject: Sustainable urban development, Recycling centers
Group: Open and public spaces
Creator: Lower East Side Ecology Center
Coverage: New York (N.Y.), Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Borough: Manhattan
Collector: Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
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