by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
CHINATOWN NYC, March 24 – While global media a few blocks away staked out Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office on Baxter Street awaiting news of the Donald Trump grand jury, an apartment building burned down at 47 Mott Street in Chinatown. Inner City Press covered both.
Local Assemblymember Grace Lee said the building has been owned by the Lin Sing Association. Inner City Press was told by Red Cross personnel at the police Do Not Cross tape that more than 20 families have been displaced.
By nightfall, tourists were asking to get through to restaurants on Pell Street, including Joe's Ginger. They were directed out to the Bowery. Along Mulberry Street, Columbus Park was closed and taken over by four white tents.
There is a movie shoot on Baxter Street over the weekend. Inner City Press will continue to cover Chinatown and its struggles, through its Downtown News Service. Photo here. Watch this site.
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