Places that Matter
Place Explorer: Social Movements
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| Place Name | Neighborhood | Borough | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 339 W. 29th St. | Chelsea | Manhattan | Former home of prominent abolitionists |
| ABC No Rio | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Center for volunteerism, art & activism |
| Bronx Documentary Center | Melrose | Bronx | A gallery and educational center dedicated to the art and practice of photojournalism |
| Emma Lazarus Residence | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Former home of author and activist |
| First Spanish United Methodist Church | East Harlem | Manhattan | The center of a political movement, known as "the people's church" |
| Henry Street Settlement Headquarters | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Historic headquarters of a progressive Lower East Side community services center |
| Jewish Daily Forward Building (former) | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Headquarters of Jewish newspaper, built in 1912 |
| Marcantonio & LaGuardia Headquarters (former) | East Harlem | Manhattan | A center of progressive politics in the early- to mid-1900s |
| New York City Garden District | East Village | Manhattan | A constellation of community gardens, many threatened by development |
| Peace House (site of) | East Harlem | Manhattan | Once, a center of pacifism |
| Revolution, the feminist periodical | Civic Center | Manhattan | Publication of Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| Slave Theater (former) | Bedford-Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | First opened as the Regent Theater, then as Slave One, identified with African American activism |
| Socialist Party Headquarters, Brooklyn (former) | Bedford-Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | Where young Socialists met and organized |
| Spanish Camp (site of) | Annadale | Staten Island | Activist Dorothy Day's residence during the last decade of her life |
| St. Joseph's Hospitality House | East Village | Manhattan | Where Dorothy Day co-founded the Catholic Worker newspaper |
| Stonewall Inn | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | A landmark in the gay rights movement |
| The Actors' Temple | Hell's Kitchen | Manhattan | Once the spiritual home of Jews in show business |
| The East (site of) | Bedford-Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | Cultural center that promoted Black Nationalism and pan-Africanism |
| United Bronx Parents | Longwood | Bronx | Social service provider and advocate since 1965 |
| Unity Book Center (former) | Chelsea | Manhattan | Activist bookstore |
| War Resisters League Building | NoHo | Manhattan | A center for pacifist activism |
| Washington Square United Methodist Church (former) | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | A church known for its 1960's political activism, whose congregation is now part of The Church of the Village |
