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Astor Place R.I.P. : Astor Place is Back, But Where Have All the Skaters Gone?
A bunch of clips from R.B. Umali's "NY Revisted" series and a quick QS bonus reel at the end :)
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After five long years of construction, Astor Place is back. Along with the refurbished Cube, the redesigned plaza includes new outdoor seating, fresh trees and landscaping, and restored lampposts from the Mosaic Man. But the new Alamo Plaza features a few additions that are unwelcome to some of its most loyal visitors: “no bike riding or skateboarding” signs spaced at regular intervals around the Cube....
“It’s a nice place for all the skaters to come get together,” Darnell said. “It would really suck if they took it away.”
Skaters Gone?
