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Concrete Chronicles: Lower East Side Photographs by Martha Cooper and Clayton Patterson
Concrete Chronicles: Lower East Side Photographs by Martha Cooper and Clayton Patterson
Two legendary documentarians present a vivid, street-level portrait of downtown New York—then and now
October 21, 2025 - February 1, 2026
CITY LORE GALLERY Opening Reception: Thursday, October 21, 2025, 6-8 PM New York, New York -- City Lore is proud to kick off their 40th anniversary programming with the opening of Concrete Chronicles: Lower East Side Photographs by Martha Cooper and Clayton Patterson, both frequent City Lore collaborators. This landmark exhibition of photos, objects, and video brings together two of the most influential visual historians of New York’s downtown culture. On view at the City Lore Gallery from October 21, 2025 through February 1, 2026, the show gathers iconic and rarely seen images spanning the late 1970s through the 2000s, capturing the grit, creativity, and community resilience of the Lower East Side. Concrete Chronicles assembles over 100 photographs, artifacts, and ephemera that contextualize the photographs within a living ecology of making and meaning. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, October 21st from 6-8 pm. City Lore is located at 56 East First Street, Manhattan. Gallery hours are: Saturday and Sunday noon - 6:00 (and by appointment, 212-529-1955, ext. 22)
Venue: City Lore Gallery
56 East 1st Street
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