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Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space is a not-for profit museum founded by the Times Up! Environmental Organization in 2012. It is dedicated to archiving the history of community gardens, squatting, and grassroots environmental activism of the neighborhood of , .
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morusnyc.org
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday noon—5:00 PM
  • Email: info@morusnyc.org
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum archiving the history of community gardens, squatting, and grassroots environmental activism of the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan
  • Also known as: “MoRUS”
  • Address: 155 Avenue C
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez and New York University.

Garden
is a community garden and public green space in the neighborhood of , . Serving as a community garden, park, playground, wildlife refuge, urban farm, community composting site, and…

University
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is a private research university in , New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. is situated 1 mile west of Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space.

Park
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 10.5-acre public in the portion of , , . The square-shaped park, bounded on the north by East 10th Street, on the east by Avenue B, on the south by East 7th Street, and on the west by Avenue A, is abutted by St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alphabet City and East Village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located within the in the borough of . Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names.

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , east of the on , was traditionally considered part of the , and constitutes the portion north of Houston St, south of 14th St, and east of Broadway.

Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of is a mix of old and new, bohemian and upscale: you can find trendy bars and music venues, a venerable old no-nonsense place that just might serve up the best pastrami sandwich in the world, and great bialys.

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

Latitude
40.72573° or 40° 43′ 33″ north
Longitude
-73.97788° or 73° 58′ 40″ west
Open location code
87G8P2GC+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6481772610
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q6941005
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In Other Languages

From Croatian to Hebrew—“Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space” goes by many names.
  • Croatian: “MoRUS - muzej povraćenog urbanog prostora”
  • Croatian: “Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון לחלל עירוני”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include C-Squat and Studio 151.

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