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Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Offices: The Peace Pentagon and Beyond (Part II)

Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Offices: The Peace Pentagon and Beyond (Part II)

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After leaving 5 Beekman Street with a very light load—courtesy of the FBI theft—WRL and its peace group mates moved to 339 Lafayette Street at the western edge of the East Village. (For the story of WRL’s pre-Lafayette Street homes, see Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Offices, Part I: From a…

Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Office Spaces: From a Living Room to a Loft (Part I)

Home Is Where WRL Is: A History of WRL’s Office Spaces: From a Living Room to a Loft (Part I)

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In our 100 year history, the WRL national office, surprisingly, has had only a few locations in New York City. Each was unique in its own way. WRL was first located in Jessie Wallace Hughan’s apartment. The founder of WRL, she brought into the fold activists from a variety of progressive organizations. Soon there were…

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