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Upper East Side Still Fears Puerto Rican Day Parade [Scared Olds And Riches]
gawker.com - 6/7/2008
Upper East Side Still Fears Puerto Rican Day Parade [Scared Olds And Riches]
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Hey, it's the Puerto Rican Day Parade! Yay! It's so fun—and frightening as fuck for moneyed white people! "Fifth Avenue co-ops stopped boarding up their façades for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade after Mayor Bloomberg gave them a stern warning—and promised additional cops—in 2005. But that doesn’t mean the entire Upper East Side will stay open for business this year on the day of the ...
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