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In/With Chelsea
Through a series of artworks, In/With Chelsea inserts local memory and advocacy within the streetscapes near the Spur at 30th Street, the newest section of the High Line.
Artists Lizania Cruz, Shannon Finnegan, Alicia Grullon, and Betty Yu were commissioned to work with local service providers and businesses to engage in storytelling workshops, interviews, and conversations with local residents and workers. As you walk through Northern Chelsea, you'll find moments of these interactions and neighborhood histories on street signs; signage produced and installed by the New York City Department of Transportation's Art Program and Sign Shop.
After six months of engagement with partners including Hudson Guild, The Center, Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York, National Domestic Worker Alliance, Esposito Meat Market, GMHC, Fountain House Gallery, and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, each artist created a series of street signs to make the historical and social landscape of long-time residents visible to the broader public. |