Union Square is one of the busiest places in Manhattan, but right now it is totally empty. It is either the weather, or the rapture has come and we are the only ones left behind.

Joe Mangrum's sand painting in Union Square.

Demonstrators gathered at around 1:oo p.m. in Union Square yesterday, to demand justice for Trayvon Martin and his family. BK Nation's Kevin Powell, members of the city counsel, New Yorker's, and tourists passing through the city turned out to show their support.