The 100 Gates Project in New York City, New York is an art-based organization that was founded in 2014, by Natalie Raben under the umbrella of the Lower East Side Partnership. The 100 Gates Project began as an effort to help community revitalization in Manhattan. The mission of the project was to enhance the beauty of the neighborhoods by working exclusively with local artists and merchants to paint murals on the metal security gates of participating stores. In 2014, the project began creating murals in the Lower East Side, New York and set out to paint a total of 100 security gates. As of 2016, the project has surpassed its name and is currently working towards creating over 100 more murals in East Harlem and Downtown Staten Island combined. Natalie Raben and Ayana Hosten currently run th