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Greene Hill Co-Op Looks to Fill Community Food Void
The front of the Co-op during construction. (Photo: Paul Grossinger | City Beats) Pablo Armijo looks intently at the nail. He places it exactly where it needs to go and, taking care not to put his...
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Hell’s Kitchen Faces Five Plus Years of Road Work
Mo Rum worries how the upcoming road work in Hell's Kitchen will affect his business. (Photo: Rachel Rogers | City Beats) Carl Capotorto looked like he was in shock at a block association meeting held...
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Unemployment Provides Opportunity for Reinvention
Goldblum stacks her paintings when she sells them. She said they look good in groups, and that sometimes people notice that and buy more than one. (Photo: Lilly O'Donnell | City Beats) When James...
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Flatbush Grows Greener with Gentrification
The Sustainable Flatbush team stands next to its compost bin in the Church community garden. (Photo: Stephanie Vatz | City Beats) With a crime rate that increased by five percent since last year and...
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Cupcakes Beat Muffins in Bushwick
The frosting bonnet distinguishes cupcakes from muffins. (Photo: Carla Bleiker | City Beats) The Stay Fresh Grill & Deli opened two months ago in a corner of Bushwick that is experiencing a steady...
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The Lower East Side Goes Mobile
The Lower East Side iPhone app features shopping, nightlife, and events. (Photo | Bob Zuckerman) Paper marketing may be a thing of the past, at least for the Lower East Side. Beginning today, when...
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Hidden Malcontents: New York’s Christmas Tree Industry
Wearing his signature hat, part-Indiana Jones, part-bowler, Scott Lechner had one cell phone squeezed between his ear and shoulder. In his right hand, a second phone rang as he tightly gripped a wad of...
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It’s Babies-burg Now
Strollers are replacing hipsters in the streets of Williamsburg these days. In fact, walking out of the Bedford Avenue subway station, one might be equally likely to bump into either. The neighborhood...
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Mexicans Opt for Natural Remedies from Home
Isabel Gil travels to her native Mexico every 15 days to stock up on dried plants and roots with medicinal properties that she sells at Las Gemelas (The Twins), the shop she owns inside Moore Street...
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Bar still fighting for space on a school yard
Located on 10th Avenue at the corner of 53rd Street is a derelict one story building being sought by the gay sports bar franchise Boxers. While currently doing business in Chelsea, Boxers is hoping to...
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