![]() 2011 marked the inaugural year of Broome Street Academy, the public charter high school located in the SoHo building and run in partnership with The Door. In 2010, in partnership with Common Ground, we opened a supportive housing facility in the Lower East Side, and a second shortly thereafter, expanding The Door’s reach well beyond SoHo. Over the years, The Door has continued to grow, adapt, and respond. The space was renovated by the group, including building exam rooms, a medical lab, and a pharmacy, and the doors were opened on East 12th Street in January of 1972, providing free services and a communal space for young people, addressing the totality of their needs and strengths. By this time, there were more than 50 volunteers involved. In November of 1971, the project took a giant step forward when a program in Greenwich Village offered The Door a free pilot space. At the start, there was no money, no space, no equipment or staff, only a group of deeply concerned volunteers. Together, this dynamic and creative group set out to design a model project, a welcoming space for adolescents with integrated services. As their idea began to expand, they invited colleagues to join them. A small group of 12 professionals- medical providers, psychiatrists, lawyers, educators, social workers, and artists- came together to express concern about what they saw as a crisis in adolescent health and mental health in the city. The vision for The Door began in the fall of 1970 in response to the rising rates of disconnection and disaffection in New York City. ![]() ![]() And through it all, The Door has stood strong. Attitudes about economic and social justice, sexuality, and individual rights have shifted…and shifted again. Over the last half-century, the world’s population has more than doubled, collectively, we live 7 years longer than we did then, and $1 in 1972 is worth $6.65 today.
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