Dear friends,
AAD will be tabling at the
this weekend to raise money for the legal fund to fight the four luxury towers in Two Bridges. We will be selling items donated by our membership, including art books, zines, stickers, photo prints, and more. Please spread the word, come by, and say hi!
Saturday & Sunday, February 11-12
11am-5pm
311 East Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10002
AAD table with items donated by our membership including:
Nat
Cindy
Ashlyn
Dashiell
Lin + Grace (Students Selling Stickers)
Noah Zhou
+ Nicole Choi
Background on Two Brides Fight
In 2018, the City Planning Commission approved the construction of four luxury megatowers along the Two Bridges waterfront without a public review process, despite their potentially devastating
on the surrounding low-income neighborhood. A series of hard-fought, but ultimately unsuccessful,
against the towers ensued. In October 2022, Councilmember Christopher Marte and local residents
based on the New York State Constitution’s new Green Amendment, citing the towers’ deleterious health and environmental impacts on the historically underserved residents of Two Bridges. The AAD Anti-Displacement Auction will support this renewed legal effort, to which you can contribute directly
.
Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift for your valentine? Enter our raffle for a chance to win a 🌹Lease Rose🌹 by
, folded by the Canal Street subway artisan Nothing Man from CSRA’s semi-formal leases in spaces ranging from vacant storefronts to empty office buildings. All proceeds from the raffle will support legal efforts against the construction of four luxury megatowers in Lower Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood. To enter, simply contribute $5 to bit.ly/no-towers (🥨in bio) and DM a screenshot of your donation to
. Multiple entries are allowed, and the winner will be notified on Valentine’s Day! This raffle is held in conjunction with NADA Flea — visit our table in person this weekend and your entry will be counted twice! See our previous post for more details; full description of “Lease Rose” below.
Canal Street Research Association, Lease Rose (2022), folded paper, 10 x 2 inches, edition of 12.
One of an edition of 12 roses folded from the four semi-formal leases that Canal Street Research Association has had in spaces ranging from vacant storefronts to empty office buildings. In the intimate and often fraught relationship between tenant and property owner, these are cheeky valentines to the landlord — an unreliable, gaslighting lover.
Folded by Nothing Man, a Canal Street artisan who can often be found sitting in front of Bing Lee’s “Empress Voyage” ceramic tiles in the Canal Street Subway Station, playing harmonica and thinking up song lyrics while folding brightly colored paper into roses for sale.
Lease Rose was part of Çanal Street Researçh Assoçiation, Canal Street Research Association’s experimental retail enterprise and exhibited as part of “The Eviction Show” curated by
in 2022.
February AAD Meeting
We will be meeting this Tuesday, February 14th, at 6:00pm at the Seward Park Library Branch located at 192 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002. Once you enter the library, head for the staircase leading downstairs in the back and we will be in the room across from the stairs. The meeting will be from 6:00 - 8:00pm.
This meeting is open to the public, but please RSVP below if you are planning to attend via
.
Our monthly meeting is the second Tuesday of every month. All are welcome!