What Do We Do With Our Land? — annotating community land stewardship on the Lower East Side for the New Museum IDEAS CITY Festival
“Gaining our freedom is, in the first place, ripping off a few acres from the face of a domesticated planet.” –Attila Kotanyi and Raoul Vaneigem, “manifesto of unitary urbanism” Invisible structures and invisible histories make cities as we know [...]
City Council Member Inez Dickens Asks HPD Commissioner to Save Harlem Gardens
Harlem City Council Member Inez Dickens wrote a letter on Thursday, May 21st to Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been asking for active community gardens operating under “interim use agreements” in her district to be removed from the [...]
First Membership Meeting of the NYC Real Estate Investment Cooperative
A real estate investment cooperative has formed in NYC! On Thursday, May 28th, we will gather for the first time as the New York City Real Estate Investment Cooperative at IATI Theater: 64 East 4th Street in Manhattan on [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Brooklyn Gardeners Protecting Their Plots, In Court
A large solidarity group is supporting Maple Street Community Garden in its fight against eviction. At the last hearing in Housing Court on April 1st, 2015, a group of approximately two dozen supporters stood in solidarity with the gardeners [...]
596 Acres-Inspired Project Launches in Montreal!
Lande unveils its collaborative map of Montreal’s vacant land Created in September for Je vois Montréal, Lande (previously named Urburb), launched this week their first tool to facilitate the repossession of vacant land by Montrealers: the collaborative platformhttp://www.landemtl.com, allows [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Yorks Ride Bikes to Connect Gardens Under Threat
Saturday, April 18, 2015, 2-6pm (detailed schedule below) Join Public Space Party, the New York City Community Garden Coalition and 596 Acres to ride to small gardens and community parks that add essential depth to New York City’s open [...]
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