- City Lore documents, presents, and advocates for grassroots cultures to
ensure their living legacy in stories, histories, places, and traditions
Read more about what makes City Lore, New York’s cultural heritage center, distinctive. Our living cultural heritage — a city that cares about its history and traditions. Cultural equity, the right of every community to the forums and venues to express their creativity and traditions. Active participation by all of us in the city’s cultural life. Places and people who anchor traditions, sustain communities, and make New York, New York. |
Learn about our four areas of expertise! Urban Folklore and History • People’s Hall of Fame Awards, exhibits, advocacy, City of Memory, image and audio archives. Education • Arts Residencies, Professional Development, CARTS Newsletter. Grassroots Poetry Programs • POEMobile, Islamic Poetry, Endangered Languages. Preservation • Place Matters, Community Tool Kit , Place Markers. Special Projects • documentary films, Weavings of War. |
Meet our staff and board Meet our staff and board-The talented and passionate people who set out to do something wonderful. See our funders and members list — The supportive agencies, foundations and individuals who make our work possible. Learn about our partners and kindred organizations — City Lore is all about collaborations. Support the causes we support — Marjorie Eliot’s Sunday jazz concerts, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire memorial and more. |
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