I am sorry to hear that you have received no reply to your emails. Unfortunately Place Matters is not an organisation which rescue buildings. Other organisations already do this, Like the Municiple Arts Society, who are co-creators of PM. MAS are aware of the threat to the Playpen, and it may be the case that your emails were forwarded to them.
I agree with your comments about the likely sad loss of this building. But the PM project is more of an oral history/architecture exercise. Recording NY places of significance from New Yorkers perspective and researching these places further for the benefit of future generations.
Great to read all the interesting posts about the Cameo.
I am involved with a non-profit organisation called Place Matters. Which aims to collect information on places of interest, within the 5 boroughs, in order to keep them alive. This seems appropriate for the Cameo / Paypen. Once buildings are nominated some will be further reseached, and there seems a wealth of information here to start that process.
Place Matters conducts a citywide survey called the Census of Places that Matter to discover places that evoke associations with history, memory, and tradition. Hundreds of New Yorkers have nominated places to the Census. Amounting to a new knowledge bank, the Census identifies places of public significance and helps us understand how and why “place” is meaningful to people. Please check out the website.
As many of you appear to have information about the Playpen, and even some wonderful photos. I thought that you may be interested to nominate it on the website. Feel free to include photos and your experience. Or even nominate something else. I hope this is of interest to you. Thanks for reading.
I am sorry to hear that you have received no reply to your emails. Unfortunately Place Matters is not an organisation which rescue buildings. Other organisations already do this, Like the Municiple Arts Society, who are co-creators of PM. MAS are aware of the threat to the Playpen, and it may be the case that your emails were forwarded to them.
I agree with your comments about the likely sad loss of this building. But the PM project is more of an oral history/architecture exercise. Recording NY places of significance from New Yorkers perspective and researching these places further for the benefit of future generations.
Hope that clarifies.
Hello everyone,
Great to read all the interesting posts about the Cameo.
I am involved with a non-profit organisation called Place Matters. Which aims to collect information on places of interest, within the 5 boroughs, in order to keep them alive. This seems appropriate for the Cameo / Paypen. Once buildings are nominated some will be further reseached, and there seems a wealth of information here to start that process.
Place Matters conducts a citywide survey called the Census of Places that Matter to discover places that evoke associations with history, memory, and tradition. Hundreds of New Yorkers have nominated places to the Census. Amounting to a new knowledge bank, the Census identifies places of public significance and helps us understand how and why “place” is meaningful to people. Please check out the website.
http://www.placematters.net/flash/home.htm
As many of you appear to have information about the Playpen, and even some wonderful photos. I thought that you may be interested to nominate it on the website. Feel free to include photos and your experience. Or even nominate something else. I hope this is of interest to you. Thanks for reading.