Saturday, December 7, 2024

Check out 'ABC No Rio in Photos' at Umbrella House on Avenue C

As you likely know, ABC No Rio's new building is under construction at the site of its previous home on Rivington Street between Suffolk and Clinton on the Lower East Side. 

Meanwhile, the collectively run arts organization continues programming "in exile." 

Here's info about an exhibit, "156: ABC No Rio in Photos," on weekends at Umbrella House at 21 Avenue C between Second Street and Third Street...
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  1. John PenleyDecember 8, 2024 at 2:02 AM

    Right now the city desperately needs housing with 1 in 7 students and their families living in temporary housing , not counting immigrants in shelters. Squatting and the fight for poor and homeless housing used to be a central issue at Umbrella [which I was there and helped when Gerta , who they eventually evicted , organized the break in to the building ] Umbrella , instead of turning their storefronts into family housing , rented them out to commercial businesses to lower the rent for themselves. Some of the original owners of apartments sold them for the maximum they could get and left. Housing does not seem to be a concern here and ABC NO RIO needs to rethink its resist to exist and get homes focus , not to mention the now non existent group Food Not Bombs which was based in NO RIO and helped keep the Houseless alive. I welcome any and all comments and debate. I was a fighter for housing in NYC and the squatters [ I was actually tackled and arrested when Koch almost evicted Umbrella and had the building sealed off ] who spent years as a housing advocate before being forced out of the LES to live in a tent for 6 months with Vets at Occupy DC.

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    1. KristineDecember 10, 2024 at 10:05 PM

      Food Not Bombs is still alive and kicking. Had to move out of the ABC No Rio kitchen to the Catholic Worker’s, but has continued its Sunday afternoon serves at Tompkins uninterrupted, even through COVID when we had to improvise and adapt.
      We’re looking forward to collaborating with ABC No Rio again when their new building is ready!
      Check out the photography exhibition- it’s clear they’ve put a lot of thought into the curation, and there are some amazing shots.

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