InterPunct t1_iubme5d wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:07 AM

Reply to comment by pk10534 in Loose syringes, dropped drugs hurting pets in NYC’s Tompkins Square Park by NYY657545

There was a homeless city there at one point. Before that it was really a shit hole, IIRC there was a sad, old bandshell there that was depressing to think how it must once have been a nice place. By the 90's when they built a playground and I started seeing baby carriages, it was obvious things were changing for the better.

Sad to hear it's sliding backwards again.

pk10534 t1_iubocaa wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:24 AM

There was a riot there in the late 80s right?

eekamuse t1_iubowlg wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:29 AM

A police riot

" Patterson’s videotape from that night of Aug. 6, 1988, resulted in the indictment of six police officers."

SuffrnSuccotash t1_iud2m12 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:31 PM

I had just moved to NY and my parents were visiting. I wanted to take them to a cafe on St.Marks. Rounded the bend and there was some huge riot turned them around and steered them to was it the Time cafe on Ave B and 10th?

eekamuse t1_iud3bmz wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:38 PM

Yes, Time Cafe

SuffrnSuccotash t1_iud5cwi wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:57 PM

The city was so fun back then. Alcatraz and Wah Wah Hut and Disco sushi on A.

flyerhell t1_iudnp52 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:21 PM

Pretty sure that this was the inspiration for the riot in Rent.