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Through bold, bright sidewalk art, an alleyway in Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side is being reclaimed as a space for creation, recognizing Extra Place\u2019s cultural past and ensuring its artistic future.<\/p>\n

Extra Place was a former through-street that once connected East 1st and East 2nd Streets between the Bowery and 2nd Avenue in the East Village. In the 1900s, Extra Place teemed with speakeasies and garages, and from the \u201870s\u2013\u201890s it was a hub for activist and feminist organizing, home to the No Wave and punk music scenes and the legendary CBGB music club. With the loss of CBGB and the subsequent closures of most of the surrounding cafes and bars, Extra Place has been completely transformed, with building renovations and new luxury condos taking over this formerly gritty back alley.<\/p>\n

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In recognition of Extra Place\u2019s contribution to the cultural, artistic, and musical identity of the East Village, New York-based artists Jon Burgerman, Ellis Gallagher, and Abe Lincoln Jr. have used the concrete sidewalk as canvas to create \u201cGroundbreak\u201d, a temporary street art installation in Artist Alley @ Extra Place.\u00a0 Through vibrant sidewalk paintings, \u201cGroundbreak\u201d transforms Extra Place into an inviting pedestrian corridor and asserts its presence as a creative hub in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cGroundbreak\u201d is the inaugural exhibition of the Artist Alley @ Extra Place, a program managed by East Village non-profit Fourth Arts Block. The Artist Alley program seeks to reinvigorate Extra Place as a center for creative exchange through public art installations. Amidst the encroaching gentrification of the East Village, this program sustains the area\u2019s artistic and political identity and supports its right to cultural self-determination.<\/p>\n

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Photos by fourthartsblock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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