To tell an alternative history of the east village... The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

http://www.morusnyc.org/
Now fundraising, this museum will be based in the C Squat building and tell of the activists, squats, community gardens and creative battles that are part of the long radical history of the neighborhood.

Here's a tour I was part of recently:
http://eastvillage.thelocal.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/on-a-tour-of-former-squats-trash-artists-and-cat-poo-painters/