An eclectic team of architects, designers, urban planners and filmmakers are giving new life to vacant storefronts on the Lower East Side with their ready-made kit of furnishings stored in a six-foot cube. The easy-to-transport box – called the Made in the Lower East Side (miLES) Storefront Transformer - is subdivided to fit through any store door and unfolds into a series of functional pop-up shop ingredients like shelving, tables, seats, a stage, lighting, WiFi, projectors and even a PA system!
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