VIA DEL POPOLO (2012)
Via del Popolo, translated as “The Street of the People,” celebrated the people and culture of New York City’s vibrant, historic Little Italy neighborhood.
From September 13th-23rd, during the Annual Feast of San Gennaro, Mulberry Street was closed to traffic and re-imagined as a traditional Italian town square—a place where neighbors, friends and visitors can come together at the northern gateway of the Chinatown & Little Italy Historic District.
Past and present intersected on the Via del Popolo. Life-size, contemporary portraits of a cross-section of St. Patrick’s parishioners, captured by photographer Alex Arbuckle, lined the historic walls surrounding the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. These personal portraits told a story of the church today, as the walls tell the story of its remarkable past.
Via del Popolo was curated by Mark Bussell (Department of Photography & Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University), in partnership with Monsignor Donald Sakano (The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral), Maha Mamish (Aurora Vitrum Designs), The New Museum, and Two Bridges Neighborhood Council.
From September 13th-23rd, during the Annual Feast of San Gennaro, Mulberry Street was closed to traffic and re-imagined as a traditional Italian town square—a place where neighbors, friends and visitors can come together at the northern gateway of the Chinatown & Little Italy Historic District.
Past and present intersected on the Via del Popolo. Life-size, contemporary portraits of a cross-section of St. Patrick’s parishioners, captured by photographer Alex Arbuckle, lined the historic walls surrounding the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. These personal portraits told a story of the church today, as the walls tell the story of its remarkable past.
Via del Popolo was curated by Mark Bussell (Department of Photography & Imaging, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University), in partnership with Monsignor Donald Sakano (The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral), Maha Mamish (Aurora Vitrum Designs), The New Museum, and Two Bridges Neighborhood Council.
GATEWAYS: SAN GENNARO GATEWAY (2011)
Two Bridges Neighborhood Council explores the concept of Gateways in order to spotlight the historic districts in which it works.
The first in the ongoing series of Gateways was undertaken in collaboration with the historic Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, when Two Bridges transformed the northern end of Mulberry Street between Prince & East Houston into the Northern Gateway to the Chinatown & Little Italy Historic District during the 2011 Feast of San Gennaro. Two Bridges sponsored ten days of Italian-themed cultural programming, including opera singers, traditional folk music and dances, and on-street bocce courts. The Gateway itself was distinguished by the installation of the site-specific sculpture, Xtra Moenia, commissioned from the award-winning Brooklyn-based design studio, SOFTLab.
The first in the ongoing series of Gateways was undertaken in collaboration with the historic Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, when Two Bridges transformed the northern end of Mulberry Street between Prince & East Houston into the Northern Gateway to the Chinatown & Little Italy Historic District during the 2011 Feast of San Gennaro. Two Bridges sponsored ten days of Italian-themed cultural programming, including opera singers, traditional folk music and dances, and on-street bocce courts. The Gateway itself was distinguished by the installation of the site-specific sculpture, Xtra Moenia, commissioned from the award-winning Brooklyn-based design studio, SOFTLab.
