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Squatters of the Lower East Side

99% Invisible

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The Lower East Side Squats

Peter Spagnolo is a poet who moved into one of the Lower East Side Squats in 1988. The building he lived in was filled with artists, punks, transients, activists and displaced locals. There were also a fair number of squatters with mental health issues and addiction problems.

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