2. The Clemente

The Clemente (a/k/a the Clemente Soto Veléz Culture and Educational Center Inc. or CSV) is located at 107 Suffolk Street in Lower East Side. Built in 1897, this building was formerly PS 160 which was vacated after a fire in the 1970s. The theatre was named after Clemente Soto Veléz who was a Puerto Rican activist, nationalist and journalist. CSV is home to four theater spaces (The Flamboyan Theater, Los Kabayitos Theater, LATEA Theater, Teatro SEA) and two galleries (the Abrazo Interno Gallery and LES Gallery), as well as rehearsal spaces.