The NYC Urban Sketchers visited the area of Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights. I started the day sketching he street by the 74th Street Station of the #7 elevated train. The area is filled with stores, restaurants, and businesses that mostly tend to Indian, Asian, Malaysian, etc groups. It was a colorful and interesting place to sketchl
After a lunch of delicious dumplings from one of the many food trucks in the area, my friend, Susan and I moved over to Diversity Plaza itself. Here tables and booths were set up selling colorful and interesting clothing, fabrics, trinkets, jewelry, and all sorts of items from the different cultures. I sat looking at a table that was piled high with sari-style clothing for women. The table belonged to two women, but it was interesting to note that after they had been selling for quite a while, a man came with his merchandise to sell. Susan was sitting by another merchant and his family and they explained to her that because he was a man she had to move and share part of her space with him, even though she was there first. The vendors and my friend are all in the sketch.
