COME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Do you remember this place? Check out photos, maps, images and memories of the Seward Park Area.
Did you or your family live in the SPURA area in the 1960s? We are looking for you!
Seward Park Area
Redevelopment Coalition
We’re looking to bring Former Site Tenants Home! Were you displaced from one of the tenement buildings on the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) that was bulldozed between 1965 and 1973? Check out this website and contact us to learn about how you can apply for and access the new affordable housing that is now being built on this large and vacant site.
You may qualify for preference in the lottery for affordable housing apartments in new developments on the SPURA site.
EXTRAS
The "Issues in Arts Politics" class at NYU in Fall 2016 created a fundraiser event and other outreach materials to support the work of SPARC.
"Homeward Bound"
Original: Simon & Garfunkel (1966)
Arr: Amelia Ellis
Lead Vocals: Alicia Waller
Background Vocals: Katie Bull, Amelia Ellis
Guitar: Amelia Ellis
Engineering: Jonas Berry (NYU undergrad)
Production: Elmo Zapp (non-NYU)
Special Contributions: Rebecca Kenigsberg, Daniela Mekler
"Voices of the Lower East Side"
A presentation of quotations from residents of the Lower East Side, exploring themes of home, future, change, gentrification, community diversity and interconnectedness.
Original interviews conducted by GOLES in 2008.
