Head A sign project mapping memories of community life Geismar Joan H. Railing • PHOTO: • MOUNT: Yard Back Location: PROJECT DESCRIPTION Your Guide to the Lower East Side presents the experienc- es of past and present Lower East Siders on twenty-eight signs at six separate sidewalk locations. With photographs and text in five languages, these “place markers” weave personal stories and cher- ished memories directly into the landscape, often right where the stories took place. This public history project celebrates people, places, and community life on the Lower East Side. The signs reveal the rich and diverse layers of human experience that make the neighborhood so distinctive. They transform the participants’ stories of struggle and achievement into a legacy for all who pass by. The catalog showcases all of the signs and keys their locations to the map on the following page. The signs are a project of Place Matters, an initiative of City Lore and the Municipal Art Society to promote and protect places that con- nect us to the past, sustain community and cultural traditions, and maintain the distinctive character of neighborhoods throughout the city. Place Matters believes that this kind of “place marking” draws attention to our surroundings, and encourages people to recognize, protect, and care for the places that matter to them. We welcome inquiries about how to do similar projects in other places. Go to our A project of website at www.placematters.net to learn more about places on the Lower East Side and all around the city. Many thanks to the individuals and organizations who shared their City Lore, Inc.® stories and photographs, and to the E.H.A. Foundation, the Lily 72 East First St. New York, NY 0003 Auchincloss Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts 22-529-955 x 304 for funding Your Guide to the Lower East Side. [email protected] www.citylore.org We also thank our other Place Matters funders, including the Altman www.placematters.net Foundation, the J.M. Kaplan Fund, the NYC Department of Cultural ©City Lore, 2007 Affairs, the New York Community Trust, the New York Council for the Humanities, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Scher- man Foundation. Chris Neville & Marci Reaven, project directors of Your Guide to the Lower East Side, Place Matters, September 2007 THE SIGNS: LOCATIONS THE SIGNS: SITES & STORIES Lower East Side Tenement Museum Office windows, 91 Orchard St., corner of Broome 1-2 • Rev. Bayer Lee on laundry work (Chinese & English) 3 • Afiya D. Dawson & Frank Dawson on The Lower East Siders drum corps 4 • Victor Papa on Father Gigante of St. James Church 5-6 • Hyman Genee on Kehila Kedosha Janina (Greek & English) N 7-8 • Lillian M. Rivera on garment work (Spanish & English) 9 • Bea Salwen on Salwen’s Umbrellas Rear yard, 96 Allen St., between Delancey & Broome 10 • Joan H. Geismar on archaeology P.S. 42 • 71 Hester St., corner of Orchard 11 • Lillian M. Rivera on discrimination 12 • Rosa Casiello O’Day on discrimination 13 • Rosa Casiello O’Day & May Wong Lee on the school community 14 • Aaron Eng-Achson on teaching about the past W E St. Teresa’s Church • 141 Henry St., corner of Rutgers 15 • Father Donald Baker on the church roof collapse 16 • Carol Cain on the church rededication 17 • Father John B. Chiang on Father Flynn 18 • Sister Diane Olmstead on the multilingual congregation Seward Park • Canal St., corner of Essex 19 • Mayor Seth Low on the park’s opening, 1903 20 • NYC Department of Parks on the “Mothers’ Corner,” 1904 21 • NYC Department of Parks on the “School Farm,” 1929 St. Augustine’s Church • 290 Henry St., near Montgomery S 22 • The Rev. Dr. Errol Harvey, Rector, on the Slave Galleries Straus Square • Rutgers St., between Canal & East Broadway 23 • Restaurant managers on the former Garden Cafeteria, now Wing Shoon Seafood Restaurant 24 • Wanda Evans on Betances Health Center 25 • Fern Schwartz on the Educational Alliance 26 • Girls at play on Rutgers St., 1950s 27 • Louis Katz on The Forverts/Forward newspaper 28 • Rebecca Lepkoff on Loew’s Canal Street Theater Location: Lower East Side Tenement Museum office, window mount HAND LAUNDRY 2 Location: Lower East Side Tenement Museum office, window mount HAND LAUNDRY Location: Lower East Side Tenement Museum office, window mount VLADECK PROJECTS 3 4 Location: Lower East Side Tenement Museum office, window mount ST. 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