Artwashing The Sunshine's Demise

The Sunshine Cinema unopen final month--bought past times developers who excogitation to demolish the historic edifice in addition to lay upwardly a glassy part tower that volition for certain aid to farther hyper-gentrify the neighborhood.


All photos past times Herb Jue

On Th of this week, those developers, East End Capital & K Property Group, are hosting a political party to celebrate--what exactly? Their triumph over history? The invitation says it's to "CELEBRATE THE LOWER EAST SIDE & PREVIEW OUR NEW OFFICE DEVELOPMENT."

I'm non certain how ane tin produce both simultaneously.

Anyway, it's gratis in addition to we're all invited.



The political party volition characteristic about artwashing--or verse washing, I suppose you'd telephone band it. Yes, poets are performing at a political party thrown past times luxury existent estate developers to hype a projection that is literally demolishing Lower East Side culture.

Some protesters mightiness present up, only in all probability not.

This is the novel Lower East Side.














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