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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening: The Gates of Tompkins
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\nThe Gates of Tompkins exhibit\, which is at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space in NYC\, will open on Thursday\, May 28th at 4:00pm. It will be open to the public weekly on Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday from 12-5pm until June 21st. \nAfter a financial crisis that affected New York City in the 70s and 80s \, Lower East Side residents took back their neighborhood\, fixed up buildings\, and reclaimed the gardens\, creating a sustainable\, community way of life. Tompkins Square Park became an amazing example of the community’s vibrance\, cultivating music\, art\, and theater. However\, once the city returned to a stronger financial position\, authorities sought to take back community housing\, gardens\, and this new sustainable way of life and undermine these community-based projects. The neighborhood residents put up a fight to stop the gentrification\, and Tompkins Square Park became a battleground. A protest encampment was established in the park\, and what is known as the Tompkins Square Park Riots went on for several years. Eventually\, after using a lot of violence\, the city closed the park in 1991 and destroyed the bandshell. When they reopened the park\, it was re-designed in a way that discouraged the free exchange of art\, music\, and public assembly. It has been that way ever since–fences everywhere you look. With this Redesign initiative\, we hope to be able to put pressure on the Parks Department to re-design it in a way that maximizes community engagement and brings back the creative spirit of the neighborhood.
URL:https://www.peoplesles.org/event/exhibit-opening-the-gates-of-tompkins/
LOCATION:Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space\, 155 Avenue C\, New York\, NY\, 10009
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Lower East Side History Month
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