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If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider supporting us as a member. Join Us From mural art to fashion and music, the vibrance of the Chinese diaspora seeps from every pore of Manhattan’s Mott Street and showcases the community’s culture. Now, the city seems to want in on the culture, too.
In February, Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the $ 55.8 million Chinatown Connections project to “beautify” and “draw visitors to the neighborhood” by constructing a Welcome Gateway and street art installations in Kimlau Square and along the shuttered Park Row thoroughfare, where the New York Police Department (NYPD) headquarters are located. According to Manhattan Community Board 3, part of the project will be “ coordinated ” with NYPD in order “to reorganize French barricades and parking.
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