Koreatown unfolds like a blip in the consciousness of midtown. It’s where the city abruptly departs from its staid brick assonance and, for a span of roughly three short blocks, digresses into a frenzy of barbecue and lights. Koreatown has somehow at once managed to wedge itself smack in the middle of everything and remain Read More
The Republic of Korea has paid $15.8 million for a vacant piece of land at 122 East 32nd Street, which sits, appropriately enough, just east of New York’s diminutive yet bustling Koreatown, alive late into the night with karaoke bars and some of the best kim chi and barbecue in town.
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Editor’s Note: Every week, Observer reporter Lysandra Ohrstrom will detail a New York City neighborhood in a new feature called The Local.
Koreatown’s answer to Bungalow 8 is hidden on the third floor of a shabby commercial building amid the BBQ and karaoke joints lining 32nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
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