Dimes Square | |
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| Etymology:Dimes restaurant | |
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| Coordinates:40°42′53.9″N73°59′29.6″W / 40.714972°N 73.991556°W /40.714972; -73.991556 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| City | New York City |
| Borough | Manhattan |
| Community district | Manhattan Community Board 3 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 10002 10013 |
| Area codes | 212, 332 and 646 917 |
Dimes Square is amicroneighborhood ofNew York City andart scene located between theChinatown andLower East Side neighborhoods ofManhattan.[1][2][3][4] The exact perimeter and nature of the neighborhood is debated, though survey data fromThe New York Times lists it as roughly the five blocks on either side ofCanal Street betweenAllen Street andEssex Street.[5]
The neighborhood's name, a play on "Times Square", refers toDimes, a restaurant located at the intersection of Canal Street andDivision Street on the Lower East Side. According toMarisa Meltzer ofThe New York Times, the nickname has transitioned from a term used "jokingly" to one used "semi-seriously".[6]
The termDimes Square has become ametonym for a number of associatedreactionary aesthetic movements centered in the area.[7]
Ben Smith cited the neighborhood's emergence as alockdown-flouting cultural hub during theCOVID-19 pandemic in a 2021New York Times piece.[8] As the COVID-19 restrictions receded and the neighborhood became more mainstream, the associated transgressive art movement digitized and became increasingly prominent in online culture.[9] Media associated with the area include the podcastRed Scare, pirate radio stationMontez Press Radio, and defunct print newspaperThe Drunken Canal.[10][8] An online Dimes zine namedByline was established in 2023 by Gutes Guterman and Megan O'Sullivan.[11]
In 2022, Julia Yost, an editor atFirst Things, aconservative religious journal, argued in an op-ed inThe New York Times that the neighborhood and associated podcasters such asDasha Nekrasova ofRed Scare are the center of apost-ironic revival oftraditionalist Catholicism.[7][12]
Sovereign House is a cultural events venue located on theLower East Side ofManhattan,New York City.[13][14] Opened in late 2022, the venue occupies a street-level space onEast Broadway, in the area known as Dimes Square. It was founded by Nick Allen as a salon for downtown artists and writers.[15]
Sovereign House's space is used for magazine launch parties,experimental theater, film screenings, and discussions on art and literature.[16][17][18] Sovereign House has hosted cultural events, such as a production ofMatthew Gasda's playZoomers and anElena VelezFashion Week presentation linking Dimes Square's cultural politics to the fashion world.[16][19] It has supported magazines and journals through launches and panel events for publications includingThe Point andHeavy Traffic,[13] and has hosted author talks and lectures by figures such asBenjamin R. Teitelbaum[20] andNorman Finkelstein.[21] It has also hosted figures such asDasha Nekrasova, as well as recurring meetings of the New York Philosophy Club, events for theNew York Comedy Festival.[16]
In 2020, two blocks of Canal Street were closed off for anOpen Streets permit, resulting in what Hannah Goldfield ofThe New Yorker described as a "circus", "every night a music festival in the piazza."[22] In 2023, theNME cited several musicians associated with Dimes Square as "reinvigorating NYC's music scene".[23] Artists includedthe Dare,the Hellp,the Life,Been Stellar, Blaketheman1000, Catcher, Club Eat,Frost Children,Hello Mary,Model/Actriz, Sid Simons, Shallowhalo andStrange Ranger.[23] The Americanpop rock bandBleachers reference Dimes Square in their 2024 song "Jesus Is Dead".[24]
In 2024,Dazed magazine cited Dimes Square in an article regarding the rise of "post-internet fashion".[25] In 2025,Dazed magazine published an article onInternet cinema.[26] The article included anInstagram story noting that films such asPeter Vack'swww.RachelOrmont.com andAngelicism01'sFilm01 were one of the only pieces of "true internet cinema".[26]
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Angelicism01 is apseudonymous writer andSubstack user best known for publishing several articles on art, literature and pop culture in the 2020s. He rose to prominence after leading a group of girls through the Internet to record a film for him, which was released asFilm 01 in 2023.[27][28][29][30][31][32]
Young fogey - another 'reactionary' movement
