[2008]
WHAT CBGB's TURNED INTO ... — John- Many people in our community were very much against what CBGB's turned into. They felt Varvatos was a corporate sell out of everything that PUNK and CBGB's stood for. I met you at Billy's. I learned that you had worked your way up from a stock boy, and I had decided to give you a chance. I went to your opening. First you treated Billy as just another jerk at the door, so it took us about 15 minutes to get in. I could have gone straight in, except I wanted to wait for Billy, which meant standing outside in the line giving you credibility.
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[2008]LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE WALL. — LA2, for me, is a wild-card. LA2 is a Lower East Side resident I have photographed over the years. He has been in my window. I have a reputation as an activist- depending on the cause. A few years ago was the last time he came knocking on my door for help. He was desperate to get back on his feet. LA2 had learned the hard knocks of the street and the streets were not for him.
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[2008]ARRESTED. — There is more than one kind of street photography and they should all have rights. There is a difference between press and history. Press is about immediacy- history is the long term over view. I do both, as well as, a community service and the photographs have been useful in many ways to many people. I along with Elsa Rensaa, have amassed the largest archives of photographs ever taken by a single individual of the LES. The photos have changed history and added to it. The archives are wide ranging, as diverse as the community. They are an unrecognized national treasure .....
URL > http://patterson.no-art.info/activities/2008-07-16_arrested.html
[2007]THE HOMELESS MAN, PATRICK DOWNEY, ON LUDLOW STREET. — The homeless man, Patrick Downey, on Ludlow street is a good Christmas day story- not only was he kicked out, but he was promised that he would get paid $150.00 a week for one year. He got the first weeks cash- as he was chucked out the door- and now, more than a couple of weeks have gone by, and he has not gotten any more money. It is not like nobody knows where he is, he is out front of the building. He has gone to 3 hospitals and ends up back on the street. .....
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[2006]ANOTHER ARTIST EVICTED FROM COMMUNITY. — Our market driven economy is taking a toll on neighborhood residents and artists. Peter and his wife are long time residents of this neighborhood (over 40 years), and he has been an active artist as well as friend and mentor to many other artists here. We need to let elected officials know that we need some policy implemented to keep things like this from happening. Please help if you can. Contact Rosie Mendez's office, the Mayor's office, HPD and demand that something be done to help artists to remain in New York—we are part and parcel of what has made the revitalization of New York possible. .....
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[2005] ZONING ON THE LES. — People, politicians and community organizations who have been active in zoning and landmarking issues on the Lower East Side have been invited to an educational forum at the Clayton Gallery, 161 Essex St., on Monday, June 20 at 6 p.m. — ”This will not be a rally,” emphasized organizer and gallery owner Clayton Patterson. “It is strictly an informational meeting in which groups involved in the struggle to preserve our communities will speak, and in which the politicians who have shown up at their rallies will also be invited to comment, and state what they think can be done about the situation.” .....
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[2004]OUR CHANCE. — The struggle is to stop the developer. Greg Singer from tearing down the community symbol of unity and culture, that is the destruction of the El Bohio/Charas school building on 9th street and avenue B. Singer is floating the idea of building a dorm which will be higher than the adjacent Christadora building. We need to get the different groups together and have a united front. All Singer has to do is take some of the cement decoration off the front of the building and the possible landmark status of the building is over, plus it is almost impossible to landmark a building if the landlord does not want the building to be given landmark status. .....
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