the turn of the 20th century, had turned "Loisaida", into the tree-lined, bohemian, and ultra-chic East Village. On May 21, 1992, while substitute teaching a kindergarten class he suffered a heart attack in the classroom and soon after died. He was 52 years old, and left behind his 6 children. Legacy Bimbo Rivas was a community activist, who gave the Lower East Side the name "Loisaida" in a 1974 poem. He was a committed artist, whose talent enriched not only the Puerto Rican culture, but other cultures as well. Bimbo's spirit and influence lives on in Loisaida today. Among his students was the actor Luis Guzmán, who was trained at Charas/El Bohio in New York City. On May 27, 1992, Avenue C became known as Loisaida Avenue. Rivas was the first to coin the name "Loisaida" and used it in a poem. Affiliations The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre Co., Inc. New York, NY. The Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union, Loisaida, NYC, NY. Adopt-A-Building Inc, Loisaida, NYC, NY. El Bohio Cultural & Community Center, Loisaida, NYC, NY. The Public Theater, New York, NY US. El Teatro Ambulante—El Coco que Habla, Loisaida, NYC, NY. Nuyorican Poets Café, Loisaida, NYC, NY. References Further reading Council on Museums and Education in the Visual Arts. "Community-Based Museums and Umbrella Agencies." The Art Museum as Educator: A Collection of Studies as Guides to Practice. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Hernández, Carmen Dolores. "Pedro Pietri." Puerto Rican Voices in English: Interviews with Writers. Westport: Praeger, 1997. Sevcenko, Liz. "Making Loisaida: Placing Puertorriqueñidad in Lower Manhattan." In Agustín Laó-Montes and Arlene M. Dávila, eds. Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. On Broadway, May 23, 1974 played the role of Juan Otero “Original” for the play by Miguel Pinero “Short Eyes” from the PlayBill website 1939 births 1992 deaths American people of Puerto Rican descent