Winter 2008 E-Newsletter

Please join Hester Street Collaborative in all of our Lunar New Year celebrations!

1. Chinese New Year Party

2. Lantern Installation workshops and ceremony

1. Chinese New Year Party

Thursday February 7th

Leroy Street Studio and Hester Street Collaborative invite you to join us for our annual Chinese New Year Celebration! Bring your family and friends! Design activities for children in HSC's workshop will begin at 5:30 pm. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres from Dim Sum a Go Go will begin at 7:00 pm, and more surprises throughout the evening!

2. Sara D. Roosevelt Park Lantern Installation

February 6th - 15th between Hester and Grand Streets

To celebrate Chinese New Year, Hester Street Collaborative is working with students from Middle School 131, the Chinatown YMCA, and members of the Bowery Residents' Committee Senior Center to create lanterns for Sara D. Roosevelt Park. The lanterns will be on display and illuminated at night for the duration of the Lunar New Year celebration, from February 6th to the 15th. You can see them as you walk through the Hester Street Playground in SDR Park between Hester and Grand Streets.

Join HSC, M.S. 131 the YMCA, and the BRC for:

Lantern Making Day at M.S. 131 on January 30th from 3-5 pm

Lantern Opening Ceremony on February 6th from 1-2 pm, refreshments will be served.

Hester Street Collaborative (HSC) is a design/build community-based non-profit organization created to improve the physical environment in underserved NYC neighborhoods. HSC works with residents and students in affordable housing developments, public spaces, and schools on participatory architectural projects. It is our belief that a design-build process can improve the quality of life in underserved communities in two ways:

* By creating compelling places, which serve the local residents.
* By building social capital through the process of articulating and realizing a shared vision.

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