City Lore: The New York Center for Urban Folk Culture Grant



Organization - City Lore: The New York Center for Urban Folk Culture
Grant Amount - $70,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of City of Immigrants, a mapping of and online dialogue about the cultural assets of New York City, which will be added to City Lore's larger City of Memory interactive "storymap" and website


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