tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post3403111206659976547..comments2024-03-28T13:48:31.218-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: 20 years ago: The East Village Memorial Day riot on Avenue AUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69566449800007661652011-05-31T10:29:19.399-04:002011-05-31T10:29:19.399-04:00I moved to NYC that summer - my first apartment wa...I moved to NYC that summer - my first apartment was 99 Avenue B between 6/7. When I first came to see it the park was still occupied and open. When I moved in a few weeks later, it was closed and empty. Everyone wanted to tell me about the riot and subsequent evacuation. More than a few people resented our building as a signifier of the encroacing gentrification. It was a hard to process all of this and be new to the city. Even now when I walk by I have feelings more akin to a dissociative episode than nostalgia. If I'm really honest, I was scared.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107040853707528128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-54833942957108110292011-05-31T07:03:36.589-04:002011-05-31T07:03:36.589-04:00Those were ugly times. Seems like a lifetime ago....Those were ugly times. Seems like a lifetime ago.Sammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48447846350361093092011-05-30T21:03:09.502-04:002011-05-30T21:03:09.502-04:00I remember this night so well. I was standing agai...I remember this night so well. I was standing against the<br />park fence at 7th & A, watching in amazement<br />at the seeming ease at which the metal gate <br />of a health & beauty store in what is now either the<br />new Odessa or Luster was ripped open. I learned that night <br />that best riot dispersal tool is a sudden and <br />torrential rain storm. That was definately the end <br />of a certain chapter of the east village/alphabet<br />city history. a week later the park would be closed<br />and those of us living on the park endured<br />a summer of martial law.Dave on 7thnoreply@blogger.com