Tompkins Square Park Sleep-Over – Day 1

After a false start, due to the wrong start date/time being advertised on the organizers' Facebook page, the Tompkins Square Park sleep-over began last night!

The event opened with a shopping trip to the beloved Ray's Candy Store, on Avenue A:

Ray's Candy Store, where people bought ice cream and french fries at midnight.

I'm not sure how many people slept overnight on East 7th Street — the organizers' Facebook page said 314 people would attend. This was the scene this morning:

East 7th Street, towards Avenue B.

East 7th Street, towards Avenue A.

Practicing the principle of "leave no trace"… in the East Village Today!

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Fashionably Late

East Villagers are always fashionably late. If you say something starts at 1:00pm (a punk rock concert, for example) people will not show up until 2:00.

Likewise, if you say something starts at midnight Friday morning (a sleep-over along East 7th Street, for example), no one will show up until Friday night!

This was the scene on East 7th Street this morning:

East 7th Street, toward Avenue B.

East 7th Street, toward Avenue A.

This was the only campsite:

The only campsite — unfashionably on time!

The Parks Department must have thought more people would show up, because they locked the entrance on 7th Street:

East 7th Street entrance to Tompkins Square Park, closed.

I'm sure a lot of people will show up tonight though — it's a lot easier to wake up on the sidewalk when you don't have to go to work!

East Villagers love to go to work refreshed!

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Tompkins Square Park Sleep-Over

Sources tell me that a sleep-over in Tompkins Square Park is being planned to coincide with a punk rock concert there, in early August!

The sleep-over begins at midnight Friday (Thursday night), August 7, and goes till 6:00am Sunday, August 9. The punk rock concert is Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I don't know what the campers will do all day Friday, but I'm sure they'll find something interesting — it is the East Village after all!

The sleep-over won't be inside the park, however, because the park has a curfew. Instead, it will be on the sidewalk along East 7th Street.

Here:


Arrive early if you want a good spot!

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