West 231st Street comes back to life
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Damu Rilla, center, wearing sunglasses, with his friends (L to R) Dash Cash, Royal Free, and P. Notes, walk down Broadway blasting rap music from a stereo system on Monday afternoon.
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A woman walks past the Columbia-Riverdale Florist on 231st Street on April 3.
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A beggar counts his change at the intersection of Broadway and 231st on Monday afternoon.
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A statue of jesus is wrapped with tape and fabric outside of the Church of the Mediator on 231st Street in Kingsbridge on April 3.
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Ygnacio Hernandez, 63, of the Dominican Republic, sells peanuts and arepas under the 1 Train station at 231st Street on Monday afternoon.
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Pedestrians cross Broadway on April 3.
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Darwin Cabrera, 14, rides his BMX bicycle on 231st Street on Monday afternoon.
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A shopkeeper who would only be identified as Despina from Serres, Greece, takes notes for a customer at her shop for party supplies on 231st Street on Monday afternoon.
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Pedestrians on 231st Street seen through a shop that sells party supplies on Monday afternoon.
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(L to R) Dash Cash, Royal Free, Damu Rilla, and P. Notes, listen to rap music from a stereo system on Monday afternoon.
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Teenagers crack jokes on the corner of 231st Street and Broadway on Monday afternoon.
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Bartender Karen Gormley writes out 'Happy Hour' on a blackboard outside of the bar The Local on Monday.
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Rita Pernoca, 59, smokes a cigarette outside of P&K's Grille on Monday afternoon.
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231st Street between Broadway and Bailey Avenue, seen on Monday afternoon.
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Photo Editor Adrian Fussell recorded the reawakening of street culture last week with merchants, shoppers, strollers, and young people all going about their business in the spring sunshine.
