Gong hei fat choy! This year marks the 10th Annual Lantern Installation, created by MS 131 students and Hester Street Collaborative’s Ground Up Design Education Program. The lanterns will be on display in Sara D. Roosevelt Park from now until mid-March.
From BoweryBoogie:
“Saturday afternoon, Chinatown rang in the year of the Rooster with quite a bang. Literally.
For the eighteenth year running, the Better Chinatown Society hosted the Firecracker Ceremony… attracting hundreds to the Hester Playground inside Sara D. Roosevelt Park. (Falling on the weekend certainly helped turnout.) The event featured traditional song and dance, Tai Chi, dragons, and lions.”