Dimes Square is a so-called "microneighborhood"[1] of Manhattan, roughly located between Chinatown and the Lower East Side neighborhoods of New York City.

The exact perimeter of the neighborhood is debated. The neighborhood and its culture became a subject of interest among some New York City media professionals through 2021 and 2022.[2] Vanity Fair called it a "made-up mini-neighborhood."[3]

The term has become a metonym for a handful of associated reactionary aesthetic movements centered in New York, particularly several events and podcasts funded by Peter Thiel.[4][3]

Media associated with the promotion include the podcast Red Scare, pirate radio station Montez Press Radio, and print newspaper The Drunken Canal.[5] An online Dimes zine named Byline was also established in 2023 by Gutes Guterman and Megan O'Sullivan .

The neighborhood's name, a play on "Times Square", refers to the restaurant Dimes located at the intersection of Canal Street and Division Street. The nickname has transitioned from a term used "jokingly" to one used "semi-seriously".[6]

A New York Times piece cited the neighborhood's emergence as a cultural hub during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The Times again referenced the neighborhood and associated podcasters in a supposed revival of traditionalist Catholicism in New York.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Dai, Serena (August 10, 2022). "Do You Need to Care About Dimes Square? Probably Not". Bon Appétit. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  2. ↑ Freeman, Nate (June 13, 2022). "What Was Dimes Square?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  3. 1 2 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/dimes-square-mike-crumplar-crumpstack-profile.html
  4. ↑ Kissick, Dean (November 10, 2022). "The Dimes Square Spiral". Spike Art Magazine.
  5. 1 2 Smith, Ben (March 7, 2021). "They Had a Fun Pandemic. You Can Read About It in Print". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Meltzer, Marisa (July 25, 2022). "Dimes Square Gets the Hotel It Deserves". The New York Times. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ 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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