https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/5db7b61fb2e873550eef7465cc5a7503.jpg f8700d75de27550dea394cc2fb09a498 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vacant Dragon Gate Market Description An account of the resource A vacant Dragon Gate Market with empty stalls in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side. Two people walk in the distance. In the back, there is a large mural painted on a brick building that features a dragon in front of a city skyline. The market opened in 1994 as the city’s effort to centralize and marginalize Chinatown vendors, who then had to pay the Parks Department to lease their space. Many vendors also invested their life savings into the stalls they constructed. [1] After the city terminated the market’s lease in December 1998, vendors and members of CAAAV gathered in February 1999 to protest the eviction. While the State Supreme Court issued a temporary stay of the eviction to grant vendors additional time to pack up, the city eventually razed the stalls in March 1999. The Parks Department renovated the brick building, erasing the mural and retaining the name “Dragon’s Gate Comfort Station.” [2] For more information, see: CAAAV Voice issue Fall 1999 (page 7); article “The Closure of Dragon Gate Market” in exhibit “Quality of Life: CAAAV’s Activism Against the Giuliani Administration’s Policing;" and item “Protestors with Arrest Giuliani Poster." [1] “Chinatown Vendors Fight City’s Attacks” CAAAV Voice (Fall 1999): 7. Accessed October 19, 2024. 8bf58b30ba09cc4ad6d580d28fa12763.pdf (caaav.org) [2]“New Life Breathed Into The Dragon’s Gate: Restroom And Central Communications Facility To Open” The Daily Plant, NYC Parks. May 4, 2001. Accessed October 19, 2024. https://prd2.nycgovparks.org/parks/transmitter-park/dailyplant/9339 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1996-1999 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitized by: Cat Jung Cataloged by: Tess Derby Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Photo578 Chinatown Street Vendors' Rights Workers' Rights