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Subject: [Leica] Union Square - statue of Gandhi
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:28:35 -0500 (CDT)
References: <CA7470AC.13900%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Is that why it's named Union Square?



On Aug 19, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> It was the scene for some famous riots and killings during the  
> civil war.
> -- 
> Mark R.
>
>
>
>> From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:00:27 -0400
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Union Square - statue of Gandhi
>>
>> Jayanand,
>>
>> Union Square, actually a triangular piece of land, is located in  
>> NYC where
>> Broadway and 4th Avenue converge. It is bounded by 14th St. on the  
>> south and
>> 17th St. on the north. Union Square is at the southern edge of the  
>> NYC photo
>> district and was one of the few places in the city where you could  
>> walk
>> around with a couple of Leicas hanging from your neck without someone
>> thinking you had ripped off a camera store. But since most of the  
>> camera
>> stores in the area have closed, today you are the one likely to  
>> get ripped
>> off. My university office was just a couple of blocks away and I  
>> used the
>> Union Square subway station for commuting.
>>
>> In times gone by its central location in lower Manhattan made it a
>> convenient place for political rallies and riots. Now it hosts a  
>> weekly
>> Farmer's Market where restauranteurs and shoppers go to pick up  
>> the freshest
>> produce from upstate NY and New Jersey. Some of the best  
>> restaurants in NYC
>> are to be found in the Union Square area. Before the Farmer's  
>> Market, Union
>> Square was the choice place to score drugs in NYC. One of my graduate
>> assistants used to shop there regularly for a weekend stash for  
>> her and her
>> boyfriend. In one of NYCs periods of renovation the area was  
>> cleaned up, old
>> buildings torn down, and high rises put up.
>>
>> As Nathan says it is about a mile north of Wall Street and close  
>> to three
>> colleges, New York University, The New School for Social Research,  
>> and the
>> City University of New York's Baruch College. The presence of so many
>> college students keeps the place humming.
>>
>> The name has nothing to do with labor unions.
>>
>> The statue of Gandhi was put up in 1986.
>>
>> I'm sure that's more about Union Square than you wanted to know.
>>
>> Larry Z
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Nice one. Where was it taken?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jayanand
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Mark Rabiner  
>> <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/110815_180703.jpg.html
>>
>> Gandhi with Flowers
>>
>>
>> Union Square NY
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark R.
>>
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