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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.

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 lockdown-flouting 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] As the Covid-19 lockdowns receded and the neighborhood became more mainstream, the Dimes Square transgressive art movement digitized and enjoyed newfound infamy online. [7]

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References

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  2. Colyar, Brock (October 25, 2023). "Crumps' Illusions". Intelligencer. New York . Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  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. 1 2 Smith, Ben (March 7, 2021). "They Had a Fun Pandemic. You Can Read About It in Print". The New York Times.
  5. Meltzer, Marisa (July 25, 2022). "Dimes Square Gets the Hotel It Deserves". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  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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