Why I Love My 'Hood

If there is a bumblefuck corner of Manhattan, it's my neighborhood. I never know if I should tell people I live in Chinatown or the lower Lower East Side. I don't really belong here, not being a Chinese immigrant or a Hasidic Jew or even Puerto Rican. (Quite a mix...) And then there's me.



And this is just on one block, not even getting into the offshoots of Chinatown or the galleries down here.

Allen Grubesic's Another Masterpiece at LaViolaBank Gallery