By the summer of 1988 the East Village--and Tompkins Square Park in particular--had become a gathering place and home for the wayward and contingents of the homeless and rowdy youth had nearly taken over the park.
By the summer of 1988 the East Village--and Tompkins Square Park in particular--had become a gathering place and home for the wayward and those on the verge of imminent collapse. Contingents of the homeless and rowdy youth had nearly taken over the park.