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What’s New with the Muste Building
Here's the latest on the Muste Institute's three-story building in downtown Manhattan, fondly known as the Peace Pentagon: • We are negotiating co-development options that will allow us to rehabilitate the building and keep our sheltering program on site. Any significant updates will continue to be posted here.
• Our sidewalk bridge scaffolding has been replaced by debris netting, and the NYC Transit Authority is about to remove the sidewalk around our building to work on the subway platform below. We will continue to work with the MTA to manage the impact to our tenants, and to keep the building safe for all who work and meet here. • The international design collective that brought their "pop-up" store to one of our empty storefronts in late 2010 is expanding into our last two empty storefronts. Our independent retail tenants are helping to support our sheltering mission during this transition time, so if you're shopping for clothing or accessories, check out BROW-NY and KD Dance. • Our movement tenants are continuing their great work for social justice--and we're supporting their efforts with our new sheltering grant program. We'll bring you details in the Winter 2012 issue of Muste Notes, due out in early December. Your help is still needed: please donate to the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute today. If you indicate "sheltering" on your check or online donation form, your gift will be earmarked toward our program of providing affordable office and meeting space for our movement tenants. Give now. We appreciate your patience and support as we work diligently to safeguard the present and future of the Muste Institute and the grassroots social justice movements that our mission sustains. |
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