2 thoughts on “THE 104th STREET FIREHOUSE: Another lost cultural asset of El Barrio?”
When did this happen? I just decided to check the forum topics and found this up. I haven’t been by El Barrio for a while. It seems El Museo does not really care very much about the community or it has given way to expediency over long-term investment in the community.
It’s too bad. I was hoping that after the whole WE ARE WATCHING YOU campaign, El Museo would have change its ways. It was obvious then that the community really cares about what happens to El Museo.
It’s a mistake to let the firehouse go to any entity that will not have a sense of its past history. The firehouse was once the home of Teatro Cuatrol. Tato LaViera workshopped “Give Me Five” there. Oscar and Cecilia Ciccone developed theater there and later went on to create the Latino Festival at the Public Theater. Pepe Castillo held music classes there and concerts were presented there. The original Three Kings Parade was born at that firehouse, the procession had horses then.
It’s a sad day when this place gets sold away to the highest bidder who will not necessarily be the highest culturally minded.
When did this happen? I just decided to check the forum topics and found this up. I haven’t been by El Barrio for a while. It seems El Museo does not really care very much about the community or it has given way to expediency over long-term investment in the community.
It’s too bad. I was hoping that after the whole WE ARE WATCHING YOU campaign, El Museo would have change its ways. It was obvious then that the community really cares about what happens to El Museo.
It’s a mistake to let the firehouse go to any entity that will not have a sense of its past history. The firehouse was once the home of Teatro Cuatrol. Tato LaViera workshopped “Give Me Five” there. Oscar and Cecilia Ciccone developed theater there and later went on to create the Latino Festival at the Public Theater. Pepe Castillo held music classes there and concerts were presented there. The original Three Kings Parade was born at that firehouse, the procession had horses then.
It’s a sad day when this place gets sold away to the highest bidder who will not necessarily be the highest culturally minded.