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A bit of the Lower East Side strays into Grand Street. And this is the Lower East Side as it is traditionally envisioned – a little rough, depressed financially, slightly more religious. Here there are 99 cent stores a plenty, … Continue reading
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Chinatown is the beating heart of Grand Street – its grandest bazaar and marketplace, and also its most colourful and unexpected stretch. Here’s where most Chinese immigrants in the last century have made their first port of call, upon arriving … Continue reading
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Little Italy is one of the oldest and most famous ethnic enclaves in the city, extant since the turn of the 19th century. Once it used to sprawl over a large expanse of Grand Street, and more than 10,000 Italians … Continue reading
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These lands are the most scenic along the street. It isn’t just the buildings, which are turn of the century tenements and townhouses, given a fresh coat of paint and a new lease of life as design studios, quaint cafes, … Continue reading
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Emerging from the Canal St Subway Station, one is thrown into a liminal space, with skyscrapers, billboards and even a view onto the new World Trade Center One building. This space is America itself; Manhattan itself. But yet, it is … Continue reading
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“The summer air, the bright sun shining, and the sailing clouds aloft, The winter snows, the sleigh-bells, the broken ice in the river, passing along up or down with the flood-tide or ebb-tide, The mechanics of the city, the masters, … Continue reading
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Gallery 5 begins in media res somewhere before we reach Broadway. Here, the landscape changes suddenly into one straight out of some kind of fantasy or sci-fi novel. The signature piece here is a haunting piece of street art I … Continue reading
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Gallery 4 starts at Convent Ave, and continues the theme of Wall-As-Art, except in this case, the pieces are far more contemporary in style, with designs blending brick, metal and paint. A highlight of the Gallery is yet another community … Continue reading
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Gallery 3 features architecture, in particular the spectacular turn of the 19th century mansions and townhouses of Sugar Hill, which became the residence of famous and wealthy African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. Past alumni include W. E. B. Du … Continue reading
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Gallery 2 presents everyday life in Harlem. The artworks here function also as social commentary, highlighting the poverty and destitution of residents in the area, and what the community is doing to address this. The highlight of the gallery is … Continue reading
Dream Of A City 