Want to relive last fall’s neighborhood parade? Here’s how… If you didn’t make it to last October’s Lower East Side Kids’ Art Bike Parade — or if you just want to experience that warm day again during this snowy January — filmmaker Nicholas Whitaker has chronicled the event in a lively documentary on Vimeo. To […]
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Village Victories!
Never underestimate the power of a neighborhood — despite hard times, the East Village ended 2008 with some uplifting triumphs It may be a new year, it’s never too late to celebrate two major advances at the end of 2008: ZONING CHANGE, East Village / Lower East Side: In a victory enabled by your support, […]
Save This Synagogue
The EVCC joins a coalition of groups that want to preserve the 98-year-old Mezeritz Synagogue On August 14, the East Village Community Coalition was the lead organizer of a press conference about the future of a historic synagogue at 415 East 6 Street: The Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritz Synagogue. For a variety of reasons, it […]
P.S. 64: The Movie
Watch our video history of the landmarked building The EVCC has created a film about the history of P.S. 64, which was shown to the Landmarks Commission during the hearings about landmark status. The clip includes the details about the building’s architecture and famous students, and explains why it’s so important to preserve the school […]
This Landmark Needs Your Help
In case there was any doubt about the deterioration of old P.S. 64 (fomerly CHARAS/El Bohio), this backside view shows just how bad things have gotten. Pigeons fly in and out of every floor of the building all day long. Windows are cracked and half-boarded up; rainstorms soak the interior. Every day, the deterioriation increases. […]
Lower East Side Is Endangered
Last May, The National Trust For Historic Preservation confirmed what we all know to be true: The Lower East is one of the 11 most endangered neighborhoods in the country. They concluded that the sudden influx of high rise luxury apartments and hotels can quickly destroy the nature of the neighborhood and its historic past, […]
Old P.S. 64 Landmark Status Confirmed
At a Sept. 15 2006 hearing, the City Council gave a final unanimous vote to landmark this culturally, historically and architecturally significant building. Many, many thanks to all of you who worked toward this victory for our community. Previously, on Tuesday, June 20, the Landmarks Commission unanimously declared old P.S. 64 a landmark, which means […]
P.S. 64 – CHARAS, El Bohio: A History
One hundred years of education, culture, community, and controversy from 1904 to 2004 by Roland Legiardi-Laura Ground was broken on June 12th, 1904 for the city’s newest public school construction project just three days before the worst civilian disaster in American history (prior to 9/11). More than 1000 people, mostly women and children died when […]
