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      COME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD

      COME HOME!
      FOR FORMER
      SITE TENANTS

      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.

      ABOUT US...
      THE AREA

      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"

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      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

      Homeward Bound - Ellis, Waller & Bull
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      "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.

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