First Look at Nuyorican Poets Cafe Restoration Plans in NYC

On Thursday, a $24.1 million renovation project symbolically broke ground at the historic Nuyorican Poets Cafe on Manhttan’s Lower East Side. Led by the NYC Department of Design and Construction for NYC Cultural Affairs, the project will bring much-needed repairs, create new performance, rehearsal, and teaching spaces, and make the venue ADA-accessible.

Nuyorican Poets Cafe before the renovation, Courtesy of NYCDDC and NYC Cultural Affairs

The roots of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe were planted in 1973 when Puerto Rican poet and professor Miguel Algarían began hosting literary salons in his Lower East Side apartment.

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