Victor Papa arrived clutching a cup of coffee from Veselka and came bearing gifts from the Doughnut Plant. The grizzled veteran of the Lower East Side gentrification wars brought something else to an urban planning lecture at Columbia University...
Victor Papa, president of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, announced that he's giving up another title, executive director of Immigrant Social Services (ISS). The Chinatown non-profit, located at 137 Henry St., will now be led by Charles Lai. Mr....
Our friends at The Two Bridges Neighborhood Council will be hosting the second annual "Marco Polo Day" on Saturday. The occasion is a celebration of the co-existence of two communities, Chinatown & Little Italy, which was inagurated last year...
Victor Papa of the Two Bridges Neighborhood Council is fond of saying that Italians and Chinese in Lower Manhattan have enjoyed more harmonious relations than any ethnic groups in the city. Living side by side in Chinatown and Little...