Suzanne Rozdeba James De La Vega.The closing of the De La Vega Museum on St. Marks Place isn’t the last the city will see of James De La Vega. He said he is going to make a New York City comeback, just not in the East Village.
“There will be another museum in New York City,” said Mr. De La Vega, whose colorful and comfortably claustrophobic museum was filled with the street art and inspiring messages that made him famous. “I don’t know yet what neighborhood, but the ones that make sense to me are Latin neighborhoods. My stepfather shared the culture of Puerto Rico with me. I have an interest to build those people up, listen to their stories, their powerlessness and frustrations.”
He also has plans to write a book filled with his observations on corruption, gentrification, poverty and love, he said.
Mr. De La Vega, 38, said he has his reasons for saying goodbye to the museum after five years in the East Village.
