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SUMMARY:Tivoli: A Place We Call Home
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nTivoli: A Place We Call Home\nFebruary 11 - August
  29, 2010\n\nA multi-media exhibition of photographs, words and video 
 documenting the people of Tivoli Towers, a 35-year-old apartment build
 ing in Crown Heights Brooklyn.\n\nTivoli is located in a neighborhood 
 that once suffered harshly from lack of investment and the crack epide
 mic. Today, this same neighborhood is rapidly changing due to gentrifi
 cation. Tivoli Towers is one of the few buildings in the neighborhood 
 that has not been gentrified as yet, due to its status in the city-spo
 nsored Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program. When the landlord rec
 ently tried to sell the building and remove it from the Mitchell-Lama 
 Program, the tenants sued – and won. Since several NYC landlords hav
 e successfully removed their buildings from this program, this proved 
 to be a landmark decision and important victory in 2005.\n\nIn May 200
 9, the tenants were informed that their landlord is going to appeal th
 e case. If he wins, Tivoli Towers will no longer provide affordable ho
 using for this diverse community of people. Tivoli: A Place We Call Ho
 me will put a face and identity on Tivoli’s tenants at the onset of 
 gentrification in this Brooklyn neighborhood and will help answer ques
 tions such as: Who lives there? Where do they come from? What experien
 ces have they had living in this building? How do they use this space 
 that they call home? What are their aspirations for this community tha
 t they have created? What contributions do they make to society? How h
 ave they been affected by the lack of investment in their building? Wh
 at does gentrification mean to them?\n\nThis project is produced by ph
 otographer/filmmaker, Delphine Fawundu Buford, along with filmmakers S
 cott Brathwaite and Anthony Clouden Jr. These three long-time friends 
 and residents at Tivoli Towers felt the need to collect visual histori
 es of their own community.\n\nFor more information visit http://www.so
 cietyhae.com/events/tivoli-a-place-we-call-home
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CATEGORIES:multi-media, exhibition
LOCATION:Brooklyn Historical Society
WEBSITE:http://www.brooklynhistory.org
URL:http://www.brooklynhistory.org
CONTACT:718.222.4111
ORGANIZER:Delphine Fawundu-Buford
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