14 Wall Street, 31st Floor
Located on the 31st Floor at 14 Wall Street, this Swing Space generously donated by Capstone Equities, offers grantees a dramatic backdrop to the presentation and development of projects in the visual and performing arts. With a 360 degree views of the Financial District, the Hudson River and New York Harbor, the space is the landmarked site of J.P. Morgan's former private residence and most recently existed as a bar and restaurant.
7 World Trade Center
38 Park Row
Situated in a prime location on City Hall Park, this former video store consists of two sections: the main storefront space and a downstairs area. Approximately 700 square feet, the space is suitable for exhibitions, installations, and site-specific performances.
Space generously donated by Time Equities.
125 Maiden Lane, Ground Fl.
This bright storefront in the same building as LMCC’s offices is mere blocks from the tourist mecca of the South Street Seaport. Operated by LMCC since Fall 2006, the former men’s suit store has housed a broad range of successful installations.
Space generously donated by Time Equities.
12–16 Vestry Street
In collaboration with Tribeca Performing Arts Center, LMCC provided rehearsal space in the loft at 12-16 Vestry to five dance, theater, and music groups. This pilot partnership doubled the size of Tribeca PAC’s existing Artist-in-Residence program. 12-16 Vestry Street is located near Hudson Street, just below Canal Street.
Space was generously donated by Trinity Real Estate.
32 Avenue of the Americas
Located on the ground floor of the former AT&T headquarters in a landmark historic Art Deco building, this ground floor space provides studio workspace with great street-level views of Tribeca for up to twelve visual artists, and has also been used as rehearsal and installation space. 32 Avenue of the Americas is located near Walker Street. Space generously donated by Rudin Management.
145 Nassau Street
A small storefront on bustling Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan, this Swing Space is ideal for site-specific installations, small exhibitions, and use as an informational hub for festivals. The former copy and film store retains vestiges of its former life.
Space generously donated by Time Equities.
15 Nassau Street
15 Nassau is LMCC’s new temporary programming venue, located in a former bank space in the Financial District. The Design Build Workshop 2005 at Parsons The New School for Design spent a summer transforming the raw space into a cultural venue. 15 Nassau is located at the intersection of Nassau and Pine streets, just a block north of the New York Stock Exchange. Space generously donated by Silverstein Properties.
Since September 2005, 15 Nassau has been used as an unconventional venue for the presentation of a range of cultural programs, from rock operas and site-specific theater performances to screening programs and unconventional exhibitions at 15 Nassau.
Pier 17
A former Champs sporting goods store, this former Swing Space was located in the corner of the second floor of the mall at Pier 17 in the South Street Seaport. The Pier 17 Swing Space retained the mirrors and display cases of the original store, making it a unique space for creative installations, while glass walls provided a beautiful view of Governors Island and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Space generously donated by General Growth Properties.
45 John Street
159 John Street
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council has partnered again with General Growth Properties (GGP) to program a new Swing Space located in the heart of the historic South Street Seaport district. Formerly a retail clothing store, 159 John Street is particularly well-suited for site-specific installations and exhibitions.
Space at 159 John Street is generously donated by General Growth Properties.
210 Front Street
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council works with General Growth Properties (GGP) to program GGP's newly created cultural space, @Seaport!, located in the the South Street Seaport. Formerly a retail store, the expansive, unique two-level space is particularly suited for site-specific installations, dance and theater performances, and exhibitions.
Space at 210 Front Street was generously donated by General Growth Properties.
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
Located in one of downtown's largest office buildings, this basement level office space houses up to three artist projects or arts groups at a time, providing much-needed workspace to filmmakers in post-production, arts festival coordinators, visual artists doing project research, or cultural organizations that just need a short-term home on a project-basis.
Space at One Chase Manhattan Plaza is generously donated by JPMorgan Chase.
Melville Gallery
Located in the South Street Seaport Historic District, the Melville Gallery will be re-imagined as a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space for the Winter and Spring of 2009. A vestige of the neighborhood's previous life as a bustling center for maritime commerce, the gallery is located in a former store on cobbled Water Street. Generously donated by the South Street Seaport Museum, the Melville Gallery will serve as presentation space for projects in the visual and performing arts.
200 Hudson Street
120 Broadway
High in the historic Equitable Building in the heart of the Financial District, LMCC has created eight temporary studios for visual artists and small arts collaboratives, with stunning panoramic views of Lower Manhattan. During their 3-4 month residencies on the 29th floor, the artists develop and create projects across a wide variety of disciplines, from architecture to film, painting to new media.
Space at 120 Broadway is generously donated by Silverstein Properties.
77 Water Street
Housed in an expansive upper-level office floor in a skyscraper in the Financial District, the 10th floor of 77 Water Street was the 2009 summer home of the Swing Space visual artist studios. Twenty former bankers’ offices lining the nearly 20,000 square foot floor offers selected artists space to complete proposed projects in the visual arts. With sweeping views of the East River, New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty and the office buildings of the Insurance District, 77 Water Street serves the Swing Space program’s goal to place artists in uncommon and unique environments in Lower Manhattan.
LMCC Project Space
James Wilkins filming A Public Hearing
I Daughter of Kong, a group show organized by Lara Allen
Shoplifter develops scenic elements for Skin, Bone, Hair, in collaboration with composer Nico Muhly
SP Potluck Project held a series of filmed potluck events
Adjacent to LMCC's offices on the second floor at 125 Maiden Lane, the Project Space (formerly known as Redhead) is a raw white gallery-style space ideal for small-scale exhibitions and installations, or studio projects in development.
LMCC Project Space is provided by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
125 Maiden Lane, 9th Floor
A former office space at 125 Maiden Lane has been transformed into a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space housing selected projects in the Office Space category. Private spaces on the 9th floor offer artists and arts groups in the visual and performing arts valuable space to organize, coordinate, research, and hold meetings, and feature bird's eye views of the East River and the South Street Seaport.
100 Church Street
Occupying a former office space, the 14th floor was re-imagined as studio and office space for our Swing Space grantees in the visual and performing arts. Steps from Trinity Church with a bird's eye view of the bustling World Trade Center site and Lower Manhattan, this Swing Space offers valuable square footage for the development of new projects ranging from painting, sculpture, and installation to documentary post-production and theater company planning.
Space at 100 Church Street is generously donated by our newest space partner, The Sapir Organization.
14 Wall Street, Vault
The vault door at 14 Wall Street
The dance floor in the upper vault
Koosil-ja presenting a work-in-progress in the upper vault
The safe room
Director Jay Scheib meets during production of his play Untitled Mars / photo: Naomi White
The lower vault
A workshop performance of Red Fly/Blue Bottle in the lower vault
Situated in and around an abandoned subterranean bank vault beneath one of New York's oldest skyscrapers, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's biggest Swing Space — more than 22,000 square feet — has been transformed into a multi-use center for the development and presentation of works by performing artists. The varied, sprawling space on two lower levels offer numerous opportunities to meet the needs of a diverse array of performing arts projects: a small rehearsal room acoustically appropriate for music groups, two medium-sized rooms ideal for table readings and site-specific exploration, and two expansive areas inside the vault itself, where LMCC has installed hardwood dance floors for dance and theater groups to rehearse. The stunning bank vault details of the space make for a unique setting for the creation and exploration of new work. On-site storage for props, costumes and equipment is also available.
14 Wall Street is one of the largest space donations LMCC has received and is generously provided by Capstone Equities.
