You can touch my hair is an Interactive public art exhibit that will take this week in New York City, where women of color with various textures and types of hair will take part in a two-day interactive public art exhibit where they will be stand in the middle of the Union Square with sayings saying, "You can touch my hair".
The event schedule will be this Thursday 6 of June and Saturday 8 of June, from 2pm to 4 pm. (free admission).
Union Square
The Union Square is located at the intersection of Broadway and 4th Avenue, which in colonial times led to Albany and Boston, Union Square, was laid out in 1931 and opened in 1939.
In the 1840's this was a wealthy residential area; after de Civil War, it became New York's theater district, with de presence of the Academy of Music on 14th street (the side now occupied by Con Edison Building), and several others theaters.
In 1880's with the development of the Ladies' Mile, commercial establishments moved to the neighborhood and a few early examples of skyscraper were erected to the west of Union Square.
After 1910, as commercial and artistic establishments moved uptown, it became a favorite site for labor-union gatherings and political demonstrations, particularly during the inter-war years.
These have included such unforgettable gatherings as the demonstration on august 22, 1927 against the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, and the protest march of 35,000 unemployment workers in March of 1936, during the Great Depression.
A fruit and vegetable market now occupies Union Square four days a week.
The best day to go is Saturday, especially at the end of summer and in the fall, at harvest time. I love this place, one of my favorites in New York City.
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