Kimlau Square is a small park that sits in Chinatown Manhattan’s Chatham Square adjacent to Confucius Plaza. Unfortunately, New York’s Chinatown do not have a red welcome arch unlike Philadelphia or San Francisco but it does have a small stone arch in remembrance of our Chinese ancestry. The flat arch is often occupied by pigeons and appears never hosed down for a cleaning by the city. Here lies a statue of Lin Zexu 林 則 徐, a Chinese scholar and official of the Qing dynasty whose forceful opposition to the opium trade was a primary catalyst for the Opium War of 1839 to 1842. There are a few benches and receptacles to depose garbage. The benches are filthy and at times occupied by vagrants or the mentally ill. Other times Lo Fan tourists will venture here for photos or tour groups.
Cindy L.
Classificação do local: 1 New York, NY
I would love to sit here and relax after walking around Chinatown all day BUT it is so dirty here! People need to stop treating this area like a trash can and just walk by and deposit their trash on the ground. Also, I know you want to feed the pigeons because you think they are hungry but don’t try to feed them food like an orange. They are not going to eat it and the people that work for the parks have to clean up the mess you left behind due to your«good intentions». If people would just clean up after themselves, then sitting down here would actually be enjoyable.
