Nora Raine Thompson muses on her expedition into The Room, a virtual collaborative imagination game created and facilitated by Anna Kroll and Chloë Engel.
As previously noted, the developers of Essex Crossing will unveil final renderings this week for the first buildings on the former Seward Park urban renewal site (SPURA). It will be the clearest indication yet that the large residential and commercial project is going forward after almost a half-century of contentious debate on the Lower East Side. But even today there is no shortage of opinions about what should happen. One new opportunity to explore the issues around SPURA is coming up this spring. A local architect, David Bench, will be teaching a class beginning next month called, “Lower East Side Architecture: Re-Design Essex Crossing.” It’s offered through the The School of Making Thinking and will take place at Abrons Arts Center Feb. 3-March 31. Here’s the course description:
As previously noted, the developers of Essex Crossing will unveil final renderings this week for the first buildings on the former Seward Park urban renewal site (SPURA). It will be the clearest indication yet that the large residential and commercial project is going forward after almost a half-century of contentious debate on the Lower East […]