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Thanks to our partnership with the Horticultural Society of New York, a new batch of spring plantings arrived last month in the curb extensions along Broadway an effort to beautify the corridor and create a more pleasant pedestrian experience. Plantings included blue and yellow pansies, osteospermum, as well as fragrant hyacinths.

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The SoHo Broadway Initiative is planning for our next streetlight banner campaign period, which will run from July 2024 through January 2025. Please contact us before May 3 for your chance to reserve a custom campaign of sponsored banners (minimum of 6 banners). We have a number of locations which are still available. SHVO, Blue Man Group, and Uniqlo and have recently sponsored custom banner campaigns to support our efforts in keeping the neighborhood clean and safe, and we would love to have your company join this list of partners!

If any locations remain after sponsored all campaigns are reserved for this period, we may have a limited number of individual “We Are SoHo Broadway” banners which can be sponsored on an a la carte basis to show you company’s support of the Initiative’s programs and services.

To learn more, please contact Brandon Zwagerman at bzwagerman@sohobroadway.org as soon as possible while opportunities are still available!

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On Monday, May 6th from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. stop by Housing Works Bookstore Cafe (127 Crosby Street) to say hello to SoHo Broadway’s recently appointed Executive Director, Erin Piscopink, who will be on hand to meet neighborhood stakeholders. Chat with Erin about what’s on your mind and how the Initiative can help, and pick up information or swag from the Initiative. Erin looks forward to meeting you and hearing your thoughts and learning how we can better serve the district! Mark your calendar:

NYC BID Day 2024: Meet the Executive Director
Monday, May 6, 2024 Noon–2:00 p.m.
Housing Works Bookstore Café
126 Crosby Street

This event is part of the 2nd annual citywide NYC BID Day and celebrates 40 years of business improvement districts throughout the city in supporting small businesses and creating thriving places to do business, work, shop, visit, and live. NYC BID Day is just one of many events during NYC Small Business Month. The Department of Small Business Services is holding events across the five boroughs all month long focusing on topics like financing, M/WBE contracting, resiliency and emergency preparedness, youth and new entrepreneurs, and hiring and career services; the calendar of events an be viewed in full here. More info about the May 29th Small Business Month Expo can be found here

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SoHo Broadway Community Corner

May 2024

The Community Corner provides information about community programming, public museum exhibits and announcements from not-for-profits and governmental institutions providing programming in SoHo and neighboring communities.

The Architectural  League

• 594 Broadway, Suite 607 New York, NY 10012, (212) 753-1722 | email: info@archleague.org
• As a vital, independent forum for architecture and its allied disciplines, the League helps create a more beautiful, vibrant, innovative, and sustainable future.
• Urban Omnibus is now on Instagram @urbanomnibus
• Enjoy the online publication of Urban Omnibus: urbanomnibus.net
• A celebration to honor Martin Puryear, recipient of The Architectural League’s 2024 President’s Medal on May 14. Read more HERE
• Learn more about the Architectural League and its mission HERE

The Center for Italian Modern Art

• 421 Broome St, New York, NY 10013, (646) 370-3596 | email: info@italianmodernart.org
• (CIMA) is a 501c3 public nonprofit exhibition and research center established in 2013 in New York City to promote public appreciation and advance the study of modern and contemporary Italian art in the United States and internationally.
• Nanni Balestrini: Art As Political Action – One Thousand and One Voices – February 22 – June 22, 2024
• Website: italianmodernart.org 

The Chinese American Arts Council-Gallery 465

• 456 Broadway, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10013 | Phone : 212.431.9740 | email: info@caacarts.org
• The Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC) was established in 1975 to support the cultural arts of New York City’s Chinese-heritage communities and to generally raise awareness of Chinese performing and visual arts.
• Exhibit: Ongoing Narratives – Go Left, Go Right, or Go to the Other Side – April 19 – May 4, 2024. Read More HERE
• Website: www.caacarts.org

Community Board No. 2

• 3 Washington Square Village, #1A, New York, NY 10012 | Phone : 212-979-2272 | Fax: 212-254-5102 | email: info@cb2manhattan.org
• The Manhattan Community Board 2 is a New York City community board encompassing the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, and Little Italy in the borough of Manhattan.
• FULL BOARD Susan Kent, Chair:  May 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM Meeting Calendar
• Website: Community Board 2 Manhattan

Douglas Dunn + Dancers

• 541 Broadway 3rd floor, New York, NY 10012 , New York City | Phone: +212-966-6999 | email: admin@douglasdunndance.com
• Take a look at Social Media with DD + Dancers: @dunndance and Douglas Dunn + Dancers
• DOUGLAS DUNN to perform at THE DANSPACE PROJECT GALA on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.  More Info HERE
• Website: Douglas Dunn + Dancers

The Drawing Center

• 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013, (212) 219-2166| email: info@drawingcenter.org
• Founded in 1977 by Martha Beck (1938–2014), The Drawing Center—an exhibition space in downtown Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood—explores the medium of drawing as primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture.
• Exhibition: Joan Jonas: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral – Mar 6–Jun 2, 2024. More Info HERE
• Website: drawingcenter.org

Elizabeth Street Garden

• Elizabeth Street between Prince & Spring Streets, Little Italy, New York City | email: friends@elizabethstreetgarden.org
• The Garden is open year-round by volunteers – Winter Hours: WEEKDAYS: Noon – 4 pm, WEEKENDS: 10 am – 4 pm-weather permitting and RealFeel > 45°F
• Community gardening, Yoga and Tai Chi are all BACK this spring! See the calendar HERE
• Website: elizabethstreetgarden.com

Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe

• 126 Crosby St New York, NY | Phone: 212-334-3324 | email: info@housingworks.org.
• Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS  have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving service
• Memorial Day Weekend – Ice Cream Social at the Bookstore Cafe! Sunday, May 26 5pm–5pm. Read more HERE
• Website: Housingworks.org

The Judd Foundation

• 101 Spring Street  New York NY  | phone: 212.219.2747 | email: info@juddfoundation.org
• Visit our Talks page to watch/listen to previously recorded talks with artists: HERE
• IN-person visits – the guided visit program in New York will operate at a limited schedule and capacity. The number of available tickets will be reflected in the calendar and will be released on monthly basis. Visit 101 Spring Street
• Robert Irwin at Judd Foundation exhibition-April 4–August 31. Public exhibition hours: Friday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm. Read more HERE
• website: Juddfoundation.org

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

• 26 Wooster Street New York, NY 10013 (Between Grand & Canal Streets) | Phone 212-431-2609
• Created by our founders to preserve LGBTQ identity and build community, the Leslie-Lohman Museum acts as a cultural hub for the LGBTQ community by aspiring to reclaim scholarship from a queer perspective.
• On Exhibit: I’m a thousand different people—Every one is real. Curated by Stamatina Gregory, Head Curator – from MAR 15 – JAN 05, 2025. More INFO HERE
• www.leslielohman.org

Lower East Side Ecology Center

• Mailing Address, P.O. Box 20488, New York NY 10009 | Learning Center & Office, Fire Boat House, East River Promenade at Grand Street
  New York NY, 10002, 212.477.4022
• LES offers Community-based Recycling and Composting Programs, Local Stewardship of Green Space, and Environmental Education Programs.
• Jane’s Walk: Stewarding Green Spaces in the Lower East Side – Friday, May 3 11 am–12:30 pm Read more HERE
• Website: LES

Mulberry Street Library

• 10 Jersey Street, New York, NY, 10012 | Phone: (212) 966-3424
• Library Manager: Rebecca Alberto
• We are open!  As part of our phased re-opening, we are expanding services at open grab-and-go locations. In addition to holds pickups and returns, this location now offers advance reservations for public computer use and limited browsing of materials.
• WNYC Book Club Book Discussion: ‘My Heart is a Chainsaw’ by Stephen Graham Jones – Online & at the Mulberry Street Library, Thursday, May 2, 2024, 6 – 7 PM. Read more HERE
• Library website: https://www.nypl.org/locations/mulberry-street

Museum at Eldridge Street

• 12 Eldridge Street , New York, NY, 10002, Museum Site: 212.219.0302 | contact@eldridgestreet.org
• Good News!  The Museum at Eldridge Street (a National Historic Landmark) has scheduled visits. Schedule a visit with us to reserve a time slot: https://www.eldridgestreet.org/#
• Closing Exhibition: On the Lower East Side: 28 Remarkable Women…and One Scoundrel. On view December 3, 2023 through May 5, 2024. More INFO HERE
• Website: Museum at Eldridge Street

SoHo Design District

• Phone: 917.410.0377 | Email: info@sohodesigndistrict.org
• The SoHo Design District brings together SoHo’s design community through the promotion and preservation of SoHo as a premier destination for world renowned design and creativity.
• Soho Design District Celebrates 10 Years:  May 18 2024. More INFO HERE
• See map of design showrooms community: sohodesigndistrict.org

The SoHo Memory Project

• Contact the SoHo Memory Project: yukie@sohomemory.org
• The SoHo Memory Project is a mobile museum, archive, and blog celebrating and preserving the history of SoHo as a New York City neighborhood.
• SoHo Memory Project Launches Shaping SoHo: The SoHo Artists Association and Artist Activism: READ ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
• Website: sohomemory.org 

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The SoHo Broadway Initiative is planning for our next streetlight banner campaign period, which will run from July 2024 through January 2025. Please contact us now if you’d like to discuss reserving a custom campaign of sponsored banners, as we have a number of locations which are still available. SHVO, Blue Man Group, and Uniqlo and have recently sponsored custom banner campaigns to support our efforts in keeping the neighborhood clean and safe, and we would love to have your company join this list of partners!

To learn more, please contact Brandon Zwagerman at bzwagerman@sohobroadway.org as soon as possible!

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Just in time for Earth Month, the New York City Department of Transportation has installed new in-roadway bicycle parking at the southwest corner of Grand Street and Broadway. This new bike corral comprises 6 hoop racks with parking for up to 12 bicycles in total. Conveniently located adjacent to the Grand Street protected bike lane, commuters, shoppers, and visitors alike have a new convenient location to lock up while going about their day in the SoHo Broadway district.

In combination with other existing bike racks, a network of bike lanes, as well as nearby Citi Bike stations, the SoHo Broadway corridor continues to be an accessible destination for those using this ever-more-popular emissions-free mode of transportation.

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As we step into the embrace of spring, the season serves as a reminder of the eternal cycle of change and renewal in nature. This echoes our own journey at the SoHo Broadway Initiative as we embark upon a new chapter in our history.

It is with great pleasure that I announce the recent appointment of Erin Piscopink as the Initiative’s second Executive Director, following an extensive and diligent selection process overseen by the Board of Directors’ Executive Committee.

Erin has extensive experience in community and economic development, aligned with a valuable understanding of marketing and communications in the role of placemaking. Prior to joining the SoHo Broadway Initiative, Erin was the Executive Director of the Grand Street BID in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and has lent her talents to various roles in government, higher education, and nonprofit organizations, including notable contributions in Detroit and at the Long Island City Partnership. Her academic background, with a planning-focused undergraduate degree from Grand Valley State University and a master’s degree in Urban Policy and Leadership from Hunter College, further underscores her commitment to our mission.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, I encourage the community to extend Erin a warm welcome to SoHo and the SoHo Broadway Initiative. Together, we anticipate the collaborative endeavors that lie ahead as we strive to cultivate a vibrant and dynamic live-work community in SoHo.

Additionally, I am pleased to announce that Brandon Zwagerman, who has been an integral part of our team since 2019, will assume the role of Deputy Director. Brandon’s steadfast dedication and exemplary leadership, particularly during his tenure as Acting Executive Director, have been instrumental in sustaining the Initiative’s core services and programs amidst a transitional period. The Board expresses its gratitude to Brandon for his unwavering commitment and looks forward to his continued contributions in this new capacity.

As we turn the page to a new era marked by growth and renewal, we stand poised to embrace the opportunities that lie before us. With a steadfast commitment to the next chapter of working together as an organization and community, our mission is to continue to improve the neighborhood and foster a unique, vibrant district where people live, work, shop and explore.

Warm regards,

James Cavello
President
SoHo Broadway Initiative

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SoHo Broadway Community Corner

April 2024

The Community Corner provides information about community programming, public museum exhibits and announcements from not-for-profits and governmental institutions providing programming in SoHo and neighboring communities.

The Architectural  League

• 594 Broadway, Suite 607 New York, NY 10012, (212) 753-1722 | email: info@archleague.org
• As a vital, independent forum for architecture and its allied disciplines, the League helps create a more beautiful, vibrant, innovative, and sustainable future.
• Urban Omnibus is now on Instagram @urbanomnibus
• Enjoy the online publication of Urban Omnibus: urbanomnibus.net
• New York From Field to Form: Straw. Organized in partnership with Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design on April 29 at 6:30 pm. Read more HERE
• Learn more about the Architectural League and its mission HERE

The Center for Italian Modern Art

• 421 Broome St, New York, NY 10013, (646) 370-3596 | email: info@italianmodernart.org
• (CIMA) is a 501c3 public nonprofit exhibition and research center established in 2013 in New York City to promote public appreciation and advance the study of modern and contemporary Italian art in the United States and internationally.
• A Century Of Visual Writing In Italy: Luigi Ballerini In Conversation on April 4, 6:00pm. Reserve HERE
• Website: italianmodernart.org 

The Chinese American Arts Council-Gallery 465

• 456 Broadway, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10013 | Phone : 212.431.9740 | email: info@caacarts.org
• The Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC) was established in 1975 to support the cultural arts of New York City’s Chinese-heritage communities and to generally raise awareness of Chinese performing and visual arts.
• Website: www.caacarts.org

Community Board No. 2

• 3 Washington Square Village, #1A, New York, NY 10012 | Phone : 212-979-2272 | Fax: 212-254-5102 | email: info@cb2manhattan.org
• The Manhattan Community Board 2 is a New York City community board encompassing the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, and Little Italy in the borough of Manhattan.
• FULL BOARD Susan Kent, Chair:  April 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM Meeting Calendar
• Website: Community Board 2 Manhattan

Douglas Dunn + Dancers

• 541 Broadway 3rd floor, New York, NY 10012 , New York City | Phone: +212-966-6999 | email: admin@douglasdunndance.com
• Take a look at Social Media with DD + Dancers: @dunndance and Douglas Dunn + Dancers
• DOUGLAS DUNN to be honored at the Mark DeGarmo Dance 2024 “Educational Visionary” Lifetime Achievement Awards, Thursday May 9, 6:30 – 9:00 PM  at St. Mary’s Church , Grand Hall, 440 Grand Street NYC: More Info HERE
• Website: Douglas Dunn + Dancers

The Drawing Center

• 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013, (212) 219-2166| email: info@drawingcenter.org
• Founded in 1977 by Martha Beck (1938–2014), The Drawing Center—an exhibition space in downtown Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood—explores the medium of drawing as primary, dynamic, and relevant to contemporary culture.
• Exhibition: Joan Jonas: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral – Mar 6–Jun 2, 2024. More Info HERE
• Website: drawingcenter.org

Elizabeth Street Garden

• Elizabeth Street between Prince & Spring Streets, Little Italy, New York City | email: friends@elizabethstreetgarden.org
• The Garden is open year-round by volunteers – Winter Hours: WEEKDAYS: Noon – 4 pm, WEEKENDS: 10 am – 4 pm-weather permitting and RealFeel > 45°F
• Bowery Mission Food Drive on April 6, 10:00 am to 6 pm. Read more HERE
• Website: elizabethstreetgarden.com

Housing Works Bookstore and Cafe

• 126 Crosby St New York, NY | Phone: 212-334-3324 | email: info@housingworks.org.
• Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS  have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving service
• Join Poet Judy Grahn for a reading followed by conversation with scholar Jeanne Vaccaro-April 18, 6-8 pm. Read more HERE
• Website: Housingworks.org

The Judd Foundation

• 101 Spring Street  New York NY  | phone: 212.219.2747 | email: info@juddfoundation.org
• Visit our Talks page to watch/listen to previously recorded talks with artists: HERE
• IN-person visits – the guided visit program in New York will operate at a limited schedule and capacity. The number of available tickets will be reflected in the calendar and will be released on monthly basis. Visit 101 Spring Street
• Robert Irwin at Judd Foundation exhibition-April 4–August 31. Public exhibition hours: Friday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm. Read more HERE
• website: Juddfoundation.org

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

• 26 Wooster Street New York, NY 10013 (Between Grand & Canal Streets) | Phone 212-431-2609
• Created by our founders to preserve LGBTQ identity and build community, the Leslie-Lohman Museum acts as a cultural hub for the LGBTQ community by aspiring to reclaim scholarship from a queer perspective.
• On Exhibit: I’m a thousand different people—Every one is real. Curated by Stamatina Gregory, Head Curator – from MAR 15 – JAN 05, 2025. More INFO HERE
• www.leslielohman.org

Lower East Side Ecology Center

• Mailing Address, P.O. Box 20488, New York NY 10009 | Learning Center & Office, Fire Boat House, East River Promenade at Grand Street
  New York NY, 10002, 212.477.4022
• LES offers Community-based Recycling and Composting Programs, Local Stewardship of Green Space, and Environmental Education Programs.
• E-Waste Collection Event at Tompkins Square Park on April 15, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.  Read more HERE
• Website: LES

Mulberry Street Library

• 10 Jersey Street, New York, NY, 10012 | Phone: (212) 966-3424
• Library Manager: Rebecca Alberto
• We are open!  As part of our phased re-opening, we are expanding services at open grab-and-go locations. In addition to holds pickups and returns, this location now offers advance reservations for public computer use and limited browsing of materials.
• ‘Even In Another Time’: Sappho’s Fragments LGBT+ Book Club-April 6, 2-3:00 pm. Read more HERE
• Library website: https://www.nypl.org/locations/mulberry-street

Museum at Eldridge Street

• 12 Eldridge Street , New York, NY, 10002, Museum Site: 212.219.0302 | contact@eldridgestreet.org
• Good News!  The Museum at Eldridge Street (a National Historic Landmark) has scheduled visits. Schedule a visit with us to reserve a time slot: https://www.eldridgestreet.org/#
• Exhibition: On the Lower East Side: 28 Remarkable Women…and One Scoundrel. On view December 3, 2023 through May 5, 2024. More INFO HERE
• Website: Museum at Eldridge Street

SoHo Design District

• Phone: 917.410.0377 | Email: info@sohodesigndistrict.org
• The SoHo Design District brings together SoHo’s design community through the promotion and preservation of SoHo as a premier destination for world renowned design and creativity.
• See map of design showrooms community: sohodesigndistrict.org

The SoHo Memory Project

• Contact the SoHo Memory Project: yukie@sohomemory.org
• The SoHo Memory Project is a mobile museum, archive, and blog celebrating and preserving the history of SoHo as a New York City neighborhood.
• SoHo Memory Project Launches Shaping SoHo: The SoHo Artists Association and Artist Activism: READ ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS
• Website: sohomemory.org 

Would your organization like to be added to our SoHo Broadway Community Corner? email us at info@sohobroadway.org

See our news & events

SoHo Broadway Community programming

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