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tompkins square riots/tent city  

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  • Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan's East Village has been an important gathering place for local residents for generations. In 1874, it was the site of a riot making it a location of lasting symbolic significance for the labor movement and the political left. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Tompkins Square Riots/Tent City]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GLP949KV-B

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