Lower East Side Preservation Initiative
12-4pm
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East 4th Street Open Street (btwn Bowery & 2nd Ave)
We will be on East 4th St, petitioning for Lower East Side preservation, distributing literature, and engaging with passersby.
Wheelchair accessible
Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI) advocates for the preservation of the historic architecture and diverse culture of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, which includes the East Village, LES below Houston St., Chinatown, Little Italy, and the Bowery. We do this by documenting and mapping the area’s historic streetscapes, increasing awareness of the community’s important architecture, history, and culture, and rallying residents, city officials and the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to effect the landmark designation of historic districts and individual buildings.