Lower East Side Preservation Initiative

Join LESPI for a special event, “A Neighborhood Transformed: Landmarks of the East Village/Noho Walking Tour” on Saturday October 18, from 3:00-4:30pm. To register for this free tour see HERE.

At the same time you can also stop by to see LESPI volunteers at the Fourth Arts Block Lower East Side Arts & Culture Open House, East 4th Street between the Bowery and Second Avenue, where there’ll be live music and other events, and where we’ll be tabling from 12:00-4:00pm, weather permitting.

Don’t miss our Monday, October 20 Zoom webinar, “Kleindeutschland and the Church of Most Holy Redeemer,” a discussion on the history, architecture, and preservation challenges faced by this beautiful church on East 3rd Street, and its once German-American neighborhood. With the church’s closing earlier this month, parishioners, local residents and preservationists have been mobilizing to try to save this important institution and historic structure, which ultimately could face demolition.

See HERE for more information and to register for this free event. Sponsored by LESPI, Village Preservation, East Village Community Coalition, and Goethe Institut.

What can you do to help?

Sign the petition to reopen the church.

Sign the petition to landmark the church.

Join parishioners for their Friday night 7:00pm vigils.