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Philadelphia Life: Underground music scene thrives
PHILADELPHIA – Winter coats, gloves, and wool scarves are atypical rock concert attire, but Saturday night’s audience at The Ox, […]
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Dealt many blows, one woman fights on
Carolina Quinones Scott overcame the death of her mother as a teenager, a painful divorce, mental illness and the death of her second husband.
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Amid brownstones, neighborhood morphs
Carroll Gardens, a Brooklyn neighborhood, has changed drastically since Stuart Zagnit moved there 20 years ago.
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Atlanta native shines on Broadway
Nikki Renee Daniels is appearing in "Promises, Promises," her seventh Broadway show since moving to New York 10 years ago.
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Bronx man recounts demographics shift
Louis Cochi, 82, has seen his Bronx neighborhood dramatically change since he moved there in 1956.
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Big business in Little Italy
Ferrara, a Little Italy espresso bar, has remained a constant in an ever-changing neighborhood.
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After fire, Queens shop owner reminisces
Thomas Kourakos remembers the morning his shoe shop caught fire and his career as a cobbler came to an abrupt end.
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Mexican immigrants flock to Sunset Park
Mexican residents of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, decry crime and say laws like Arizona's SB1070 worry them.
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As Little Italy changes, some resist
Vincent Cirelli likes familiarity. He is 59 and has had the same moustache since he was 16.
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Homeless Vietnam veteran may get a home
“I want to get reacclimated to being a human being again. To going where I want, when I want, and not having to look over my shoulder like the cops are going to say I’m doing something wrong. To do things like sit on my couch, watch TV, and have a beer,” he said.