Jones tours barren East River Park, knocks Rivera, prioritizes L.G.B.T. housing at Elizabeth Street Garden
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Mondaire Jones visited East River Park’s clear-cut southern section last Friday, making a positive impression on a group of activists who...
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Opinion: Putting the lie to YIMBY mantra ‘Build, baby, build!’… Facts show unbridled market-rate development spurs gentrification
BY ANDREW BERMAN | Our nation’s politics in the 21st century have been roiled by pervasive misinformation campaigns — about stolen elections, conspiracy theories, vaccine...
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Not sustainable: People won’t take even small steps to help save the planet
BY MICHELE HERMAN | My top issue is how to avoid planetary catastrophe. Everything else is a subset: traffic and transit, bike lanes, the freakish...
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‘We want our streets back!’ Shed foes sue to shut down ‘lawless’ outdoor dining program — now
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Shed the sheds — as in, right now! Residents from across the city have filed an Article 78 lawsuit to end...
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Opinion: Carlina Rivera… A view from the Lower East Side of a District 10 candidate
BY PAT ARNOW | Want to know how District 10 Congressional candidate Carlina Rivera would govern? Check out two ways this city councilmember has affected...
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Posts tagged as “La Sala de Pepe”

La Sala de Pepe hosts ‘Loisaida Legends’ Flores, García and Pentecost

“CHARAS, The Improbable Dome Builders,” by Syeus Mottel, tells the story of how Chino García and fellow CHARAS members built a geodesic dome with Buckminster Fuller, the architect and futurist, on a vacant Lower East Side lot. (Photo by Bonnie Rosenstock)

La Sala de Pepe hosts ‘Loisaida Legends’ Flores, García and Pentecost

July 6, 2022

BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Local historian and ethnomusicologist Jose Pepe Flores inaugurated La Sala de Pepe (Pepe’s Living Room) and Foto Espacio (Photo Space) in…