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A sign announces the temporary closure of the Riverdale Library in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
One Year Later ...
She was a Manhattan health care worker who recently returned from Iran. He was a New Rochelle lawyer who worked in Manhattan. Everyday people leading everyday lives. But what they carried inside them was no everyday virus. And there was just no way they could know how it would change not just their home, but the world. more
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Racquel Johnson was inspired to start her new adaptive clothing store, KMJ Love Wear, after the death of her 5-year-old daughter, who had cerebral palsy. The Black-owned store opened in December and has had some struggles getting traffic to her North Riverdale storefront because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Businesses just trying to survive
It would be a gross understatement to say this past year has been tough for small businesses.  more
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The coronavirus pandemic has left what was once crowded tables at Buunni Coffee empty. And now, the Riverdale Avenue storefront is dark after Buunni’s owners couldn’t reach an agreement with a landlord to operate on reduced rent for the next several months.
No last-minute reprieve for Buunni Coffee
Last Saturday, with every last option exhausted, Sarina Prabasi stood in front of their proud Riverdale Avenue coffee shop to share the bad news: The doors were closing for good. more
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Buunni Coffee co-founder Sarina Prabasi talks to a crowd that rallied outside her 3207 Riverdale Ave., location Saturday afternoon, in the hopes to prevent the shop from closing for good on Sunday.
Coffee drinkers hope for last-minute reprieve to save Buunni
The temperature was a chilly 32 degrees outside of Buunni Coffee, but there was nowhere else Sarina Prabasi wanted to be at that moment. When the doors finally opened in 2018 at 3702 Riverdale Ave., after months of delay, this location marked the official expansion of an idea to bring hot Ethiopian coffee to the city, which Prabasi started with husband Elias Gurmu in Washington Heights. more
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A pedestrian walks to Starbucks on Johnson Avenue to find it has closed, a corporate victim of the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 hits hard, restaurants ask for help
In a period of just over two weeks, New York City businesses have had to think fast as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio moved to enforce social distancing in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in the city. more
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Following an executive order by Mayor Bill de Blasio, all restaurants and bars in the city are limited to take-out and delivery orders only. The move to combat the coronavirus outbreak came after de Blasio announced the closure of public schools beginning last Monday.
Businesses close as economic catastrophe looms
David Lindsay was concerned as he sat down at an empty table to take a breather Saturday, but he wasn’t panicking just yet. His Kingsbridge Social Club restaurant on Kingsbridge Avenue was busy. Yet, every other table was empty. Not because customers weren’t hungry for crispy Brussels sprouts or one of its wood-fired pizzas, but because all restaurants like the one Lindsay co-owns were ordered to fill only at half-capacity. more
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‘Flourish,’ a new exhibit of Daria Nawrocki’s floral paintings, is on display at Buunni Coffee on Riverdale Avenue through March 31.
A Soviet reunion
In 1974, with no end in sight to the Cold War, the Soviet government erected a 19-story structure in North Riverdale which best reflected what Americans considered to be the “backward” mentality of the Russians: They built the massive structure from the top down. A fence was built. Cameras were installed. more
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Mary Courtney plays music at An Beal Bocht Café where she is a regular at the West 238th Street venue.
Intimate setting mingles musicians and audiences
The café is an important fixture in the urban culture. It’s a place where the monstrous echoes of elevated trains and the bustle of frustrated commuters fade away in favor of conversation, contemplation, and a certain sense of calm. more
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Inspiration comes from many places for Janet Rothholz, who specializes in constructing masks that draw on myriad artistic and cultural traditions. An exhibition of her masks is on display at Buunni Coffee on Riverdale Avenue through July 28.
Janet Rothholz unmasks her own creativity at Buunni
Janet Rothholz might make masks in her spare time, but she’s not hiding behind one. more
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