Places connect us to the past, host community and cultural traditions, and keep local environments distinctive. City Lore and the Municipal Art Society founded the Place Matters project in 1998 to identify, promote, and protect such places in New York City.

Place of the Month

A Gathering of the Tribes gallery, 2012

A Gathering of the Tribes

A Gathering of the Tribes, the iconic Lower East Side gallery and performance space, has been located on the second floor of 285 East Third Street for twenty-one years. The mythicized multicultural arts organization presents visual and performing artists, and publishes a world-renowned literary magazine.

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A Gathering of the Tribes, from Bob Holman

Steve Cannon is an icon, a poetic revelation from the Lower East Side. (January, 2012)

Letters, Lyrics and Lamentations

After the fire, out of the ashes
Like the phoenix rose Tribes.
And since artists from all over the world find themselves in NYC

The door here is open to everyone who are lovers of the arts.

Love you madly,
Steve "the blind guy" Cannon, January 2012

 

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