This edition: Loisaida, Manhattan
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Episode Details
Original tape date: May 8, 2019. First aired: May 10, 2019.On this edition we explore, LOISAIDA, the section of Manhattan’s Lower East Side that gets its Spanglish nickname from one of the Puerto Rican activists who helped reshape the neighborhood. Stories include: A last ditch effort to save the East River Park from being buried under 10 feet of dirt. A long-time activist's concern that the area is losing its Puerto Rican identity. The history and struggles of the Loisaida Center. A profile of a museum that remembers the squatters and community gardens that have shaped the neighborhood. Then we learn about the area’s rich German heritage.
Guest List
Harry Bubbins East Village and Special Projects Director , Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Amy Chester Managing Director, Rebuild by Design
Christine Datz-Romero Executive Director, Lower East Side Ecology Center
Bill Di Paola Co-Founder, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
Libertad Guerra Artistic Director, The Loisaida Center, Inc
Sandra Rivas Nurse / Cultural Activist
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