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Save the Historic Most Holy Redeemer Church!

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Village Preservation, LESPI, and the EVCC are working with parishioners to preserve the Most Holy Redeemer Church, located at 173 E 3rd Street. Built for German immigrants in the 1840s, the church was once the largest in the city and one of its tallest structures. We have called on the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission to landmark […]

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Avenue B Redesign at CB 3 Tue Jul 8

Avenue B Project Proposal Survey Flyer

Transportation, Public Safety, Sanitation & Environment Committee Tuesday, July 8 at 6:30pm — Community Board 3 Office – 59 East 4th Street (between 2nd Ave and Bowery)This is a Hybrid Meeting. Members of the public can attend in person or by Zoom.Online:  https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1600080327By Phone:  +1 646 828 7666, +1 551 285 1373 – Webinar ID: […]

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Redesigning the Avenue B Open Street

Join us for Open Arts LES on Avenue B this Saturday for a vibrant celebration of culture, music, and creativity! Enjoy Ecuadorian Bomba music & dance, Latin jazz, paper lantern crafts, puppets, and more!  Plus, get a first look at NYC DOT’s new design plans for Avenue B Open Street. Let’s reimagine our streets together! […]

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Spring Awakening! Earth Celebrations!

Flyer for LUNGS Spring Awakening on Ave B 7-9th Streets 12-4pm on Sat May 10

12pm-4pm, Saturday May 10, Ave B from 7th-9th Sts! Activities on the street will include Open Arts LES and LUNGS’ Spring Awakening, with music, arts workshops, a seed giveaway, a community garden tour and pony rides! Earth Celebrations Ecological City Pageant will process through after their stop at La Plaza Cultural at 12:45. Ecological City […]

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Register for our Jane’s Walks! Tompkins: NYC’s Biggest Little Public Park 3pm May 2, 3 and 4

photo of the Temperance Fountain in Tompkins Square Park with flowers on the foreground

Nowhere else in NYC is so much history, culture, and activity packed into such a tiny urban footprint. During this compact, comfortable stroll, we’ll learn about New York’s first dog run; the memorial to the greatest disaster in NYC before 9/11; the annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival; the American birth of Hare Krishna, and the open space where […]

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Paint the City

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11:59 pm, Sunday March 13….That’s the deadline for budding New York street artists to submit their qualifications for adorning City surfaces with their own artwork. “Canvases” could include NYC sidewalks, fences, triangles, medians, bridges, jersey barriers, step streets, pedestrian plazas, and more. Submission info here […]

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