Q. Sakamaki's Tompkins Square Park Tompkins Square Park Photographs by Q. Sakamaki Following the eviction of the homeless from Dinkinsville, the residents' possessions are flattened and destroyed. October 15, 1991 Homeless people and their supporters protest for affordable housing on Avenue A. July 1989 A teen protester is arrested during the park eviction. June 3, 1991 On Memorial Day, protesters prepare to confront police on Avenue A. May 27, 1991 On Avenue A, police in riot gear and three undercover officers violently arrest a Tompkins Square park protester who reportedly was just hitting a trash can as a drum during the protest. July 1989 A Pakistani immigrant's store on Avenue A is looted. May 27, 1991 Some of the park residents burn their tents in protest of the eviction. December 14, 1989 The NYPD prepares to confront protesters on Avenue B. June 3, 1991 Keith Thompson, a homeless activist, and his supporters demonstrate for affordable housing on Avenue B, August 1989 An NYPD detective inspects the body at a homicide scene. 1990 Protesters at La Plaza Cultural demand that the park be reopened. May 1992 Surrounding Tompkins Square Park, Lower East Side residents join hands in solidarity to protest the closure. June 1991 A fan crowd-surfs during a Fishbone concert at legendary rock club CBGB, which closed in 2006 due to soaring rent. June 19, 1991 Allen Ginsberg recites a poem, demanding affordable housing, at the bandshell during Resist to Exist. May 1, 1991 Homeless people and their supporters protest for affordable housing on Avenue A. July 1989 A homeless man in front of his encampment. June 1991 An evicted squatter and his dog sleeping on Avenue A, as it starts to snow. March 1992 A scene of Alphabet City before gentrification. December 1987 A couple in Tompkins Square Park. May 1991 During Wigstock, New York's annual drag festival in Tompkins Square Park, a man who may have HIV/AIDS sits in the street nearby. September 1993 A car is ripped off at a parking lot. June 1986

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