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Storefront Survivors / Raw Materials
Potential Title: Bluestockings: The Radical Safe Space Featured Image: (from Bluestockings website, will be credited in final post) Audio File: Two Pull Quotes (Prospective): “There’s this common misunderstanding, especially among the radical left community, that you’re not doing something unless … Continue reading
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Storefront Survivors / Raw Materials: Court Pastry Shop: Rafa and Joanne
Possible Titles: Court Pastry Shop: A bakery frozen in time Court Pastry Shop: A bakery serving up such traditional Italian sweets, it’ll be a blast from the past Featured image: Pulled Quotes: “At the end of the day, we are just a … Continue reading
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Looking Forward, Looking Back
In interviewing Lin Paik, the owner of The Millinery Shop in the East Village, I was struck less by the way that she has had to weather the changes in the neighborhood and more by the way that the neighborhood … Continue reading
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Looking Forward, Looking Back
Thyme Natural Market, formerly named Linda’s Organic Kitchen, is a health food and vitamin store that was established in 2010. The takeover occurred in 2009 when the owner of Linda’s Organic Kitchen left the business to her loyal customer/employee Nathalie … Continue reading
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Looking Forward,Looking Back:Koreatown’s History
The area now known as Koreatown today first began with a singular restaurant, Seoul House, which opened in 1972. It wasn’t until the opening of a few other restaurants as well as Koryo Books in 1980 that Koreatown really started … Continue reading
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Looking Forward, Looking Back
When speaking with Eric, the store manager of Court Pastry Shop, he particularly described an instance when a Black-American woman had come to the bakery to simply express her gratitude for the kindness and equity she was met with when … Continue reading
Looking Forward, Looking Back
When I sat down to research the history of the business, K.H Chong’s Martials Arts Academy, it was very difficult to find any relevant sources. Although the business was twenty-five years old, there weren’t any specific articles or blog posts … Continue reading
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Looking Forward, Looking Back: Bluestockings
Bluestockings bookstore was opened relatively recently, in 1999. It is a feminist bookstore with an intersectional scope. Bluestockings was actually named after the Blue Stockings Society, which was an English movement to promote female authorship and literary advancement in the mid-18th … Continue reading
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Research Resources Numbers, Stats, Etc: Social Explorer Social explorer allows you to make charts and maps with Census and American Community Survey (5 year) data. Compare years, regions, etc. Accessing Social Explorer through Hunter College will allow you greater functionality … Continue reading
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