Morning Reads: Stanton Garden Campaign, Chinatown Crash, Skateboard Central

  • Community activists hoping to turn 181 Stanton Street into a garden get some mainstream media attention (NYT).
  • Several people are sent to the hospital after a car smashes through a storefront in Chinatown (WNBC).
  • An update on the sandbox in Tompkins Square Park (EV Grieve).
  • Thursday night, Two Boots celebrates 25 years on the Lower East Side with a special concert at East River Park.  Proprieter Phil Hartman reminisces (This Week in NY).
  • On Sunday the Lower East Side was the center of the skateboarding world (ESPN).