News Summary

• Dimes Square is a five-block stretch on either side of Canal Street between Allen and Essex streets.
• The transition from appliance stores and takeout dumpling shops to buzzy eateries and four-star hotels has unsettled the neighborhood.
• Longtime residents have complained so incessantly about crowds and late-night revelry that they sought to reject one restaurant’s sidewalk cafe application.
• The area has also been a nexus for political activity and alt-conservative media, thanks to the opening of Sovereign House.