Monday, November 18, 2019

Tompkins Square Park tree messages



EVG contributor Derek Berg spotted these banners — courtesy of two Parsons students — on a tree limb in the center of Tompkins Square Park this morning.

The messages include "I was here for the riot of 1988" ... "I remember the bandshell" ... "I was here when Patti met Robert" ... and "I was here for the riot of 1874" ...

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