Dimes_Square

Dimes Square

Dimes Square

Area in New York City

Dimes Square is a so-called "microneighborhood"[1] of New York City, located between the Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan. The exact perimeter and nature of the neighborhood is debated; Brock Colyar of New York has derisively called it a "made-up mini-neighborhood".[2]

The term Dimes Square has become a metonym for a number of associated reactionary aesthetic movements centered in the area, particularly several events and podcasts funded by Peter Thiel.[2][3] Media associated with the area include the podcast Red Scare, pirate radio station Montez Press Radio, and print newspaper The Drunken Canal.[4] An online Dimes zine named Byline was also established in 2023 by Gutes Guterman and Megan O'Sullivan [dead link].

The neighborhood's name, a play on "Times Square", refers to Dimes, a restaurant located at the intersection of Canal Street and Division Street on the Lower East Side. According to Marisa Meltzer of The New York Times, the nickname has transitioned from a term used "jokingly" to one used "semi-seriously".[5]

Ben Smith cited the neighborhood's emergence as a cultural hub during the COVID-19 pandemic in a 2021 New York Times piece.[4] In 2022, Times journalist Julia Yost identified the neighborhood and associated podcasters such as Dasha Nekrasova of Red Scare as the center of a post-ironic revival of traditionalist Catholicism in New York and among online intellectuals.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Dai, Serena (August 10, 2022). "Do You Need to Care About Dimes Square? Probably Not". Bon Appétit. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  2. [2]
    Colyar, Brock (October 25, 2023). "Crumps' Illusions". Intelligencer. New York. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  3. [3]
    Kissick, Dean (November 10, 2022). "The Dimes Square Spiral". Spike Art Magazine. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. [4]
    Smith, Ben (March 7, 2021). "They Had a Fun Pandemic. You Can Read About It in Print". The New York Times.
  5. [5]
    Meltzer, Marisa (July 25, 2022). "Dimes Square Gets the Hotel It Deserves". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  6. [6]
    Yost, Julia (August 9, 2022). "Opinion | New York's Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2022.


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