THE VANISHING CITY
Monday, September 28th
7PM
Dixon Place
161 Chrystie Street
(Delancey/Rivington)
Tickets regularly $15
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www.dixonplace.org
212 219-0736
The Historical and Cultural Price of the Changing Bowery
The Bowery: Past, Present, and Future:
A celebration of its richly diverse heritage,
and a cautionary discussion on how reckless overdevelopment is
displacing residents, small businesses, cultural diversity, and
the area’s low-rise, historic charm.
David Mulkins, a history teacher and co-founder of the Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, is curating the third installment of The Vanishing City, the popular community, historical, and preservation series launched by
Program panelists include:
*Doris Diether, whom The Observer recently called “The Grand Dame of New York City Land Use.”
One of the city’s foremost zoning experts, Diether has been an active CB2 board member and community preservationist since the 1960s. Most recently, Diether designed the “East Bowery Preservation Plan.
http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/grande-dame-new-york-city-land-use *Helena Wong, representative from the Committee Against Asian-American Violence which has evolved into a leading community activist group
fighting for tenants rights and local preservation. Most recently, CAAAV/Chinatown Tenants Union has represented the low income tenants of 81 Bowery who were mass evicted last winter and only recently returned to their home. http://www.caaav.org/
*Eric Ferrara, Founder and executive director, Lower East Side History Project and expert on immigrant
and early gang history of the lower east side.
Special Music by Poor Baby Bree
Bree was named in the Top Ten cabaret acts of 2008 by Time Out!
The will be a rare opportunity to see Poor Baby Bree
perform her tattered waif cabaret act
that has been interpreted as one of the most
original performances to hit New York in years.
Read more about Bree here in
See you all on the Monday, the 28th!
161 Chrystie Street
212 219-0736
JUST ADDED! The final director's cut for the trailer of
Vanishing New York - a documentary
by Jen Senko and Fiore DeRosa
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