Last Thursday was a terrific kick-0ff to A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD! Mike Fitelson, of the Uptown Arts Stroll and the First Thursday Culture Stroll, invited us to host the January stroll. We jumped at the chance to start the conversation with the community. Due to the holiday, we wound up doing on the second Thursday, but there was no lack of enthusiasm.
The evening started at the 207 Art Gallery with the opening reception of "Own Your Peace of Manhattan: A Celebration of NOrth MAnhattan", a photography show by Ghila Krajzman, sponsored by NOMA 175 and Nest Seekers International. NOMA 175 is the new condo/development going up at the corner of Seaman and Payson Aves.
After some wine and cheese and art, our group headed over to the CUNY in the Heights building on Cooper St., for an exercise called "cultural mapping". It's a great way of connecting people and discovering common links that are unexpected. After the cultural mapping, we broke the group into five smaller groups and discussed this question: What do you own? This generated a great response and a ton of excellent comments and discussion, which took us right over to the Piper's Kilt for beer and talk.
It was a great night and a fun event and a great kick-off!
Over the next couple of days, we'll be posting reactions and comments from that meeting and announcing the next steps. Stay tuned!
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