Broken but not Gone

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

Ludlow Street, Lower East Side. View Large

Live Chickens – Delancey Street

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

Shot through the filthy glass of the live chicken store, underneath the Williamsburg Bridge on Delancey Street, Lower East Side. I smelled them before I saw them. View Large

Lunar New Year in Chinatown

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

It’s the year of the dog. Lion Dancers in front of the famous Wo Hop’s restaurant on Mott Street. View Large

Mott Street, Chinatown, Manhattan. View Large

In 1997, New York City’s Mayor Giuliani banned firecrackers for the Chinese New Year, without any understanding of their ritual necessity. This centralized display in Chatham Square is a [...]

Tompkins Freed Slaves in NY

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

From, SLAVERY IN NEW YORK (the publication of the current New York Historical Society exhibition):
“New York remained committed to slavery. The majority of New York’s Founding Fathers–signatories of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution–held slaves…. At first, slavery hardly budged. New York’s lawmakers took some small steps–loosening the rules for manumission, for example–but [...]

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