Here's a quick overview and accompanying images of the Lower East Side by photographer Q. Sakamaki: Tompkins Square Park
More of Sakamaki's photos. Click on the box in the middle of the screen and be sure to read the captions below the images: Tompkins Sq. Park Legacy
More articles on the Tompkins Park riots:
- "Tompkins Square Riot Memories"
- NY Times Article about the riot
- Another NY Times Article
- This took place a couple years after the first riots, but it's a good description of the culture of the neighborhood
- Look back 20 years after the riot - talks about gentrification in the neighborhood
- Selling the Lower East Side: More about gentrification and housing issues
- Activist Paul DeRienzo talks about the Tompkins Park riots
- News broadcast about the Tompkins Square riot
- Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch on the riots
This page has links to other articles and audio interviews with people who participated in the riots. The Mp3s are all downloadable: The "Police Riot" Tape Timeline
A current article about housing in Alphabet City - it's very similar to what was going on back in the day...