A few minutes later, he noticed an adjacent shed was engulfed in flames.

In the northern corner was a rice-husking shed, where the inmates of the inner apartments would occasionally foregather when household necessity demanded.

Gardeners share common space, fertilizer, tools, a tool shed, and sometimes the cost of buying plants.

At the time, Tompkins Square Park, across the street, was teeming with homeless people living in makeshift shacks.

Go, tell them to return to their tents.