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  1. neighborhoods
    Training the Next Generation of Shop Owners Is Key to Chinatown’s SurvivalTakeaways from a new report on the pandemic impact and future of the neighborhood.
    By Wilfred Chan
  2. small-business stories
    The Lower East Side Tailor to the SceneClients have generally found Ramon Tailor through word of mouth. Now — suddenly — there are lines out the door for his custom pants.
    By Louis Cheslaw
  3. small-business stories
    The Bronx Bodega Founded by a Former Music Executive“You have to support the people who support you.”
    By Caroline Spivack
  4. mom and pop drops
    Chess Forum’s Imad Khachan Talks 25 Years on Thompson Street With @NewYorkNico“It’s something that time forgot, I feel like — the place — and me in it.”
    As told to Nicolas Heller
  5. small-business stories
    The Beauty-Supply Store Run by a 16-Year-OldIn September, just as her Zoom classes were starting, high-school senior Paris McKenzie held the grand opening of Paris Beauty Supplyz.
    By Sydney Gore
  6. small-business stories
    The South Bronx Music Shop That’s Surviving on Guitar SalesAfter a lengthy shutdown, Casa Amadeo, known for a vast collection of Latin records, is kept afloat by beginner musicians in their free time.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  7. small-business stories
    We Asked 16 Black Business Owners What the Past Few Months Have Been LikeIn the midst of a global pandemic and in the wake of #shopblack, founders are facing a wide range of experiences.
    By The Editors
  8. small-business stories
    The Social Club for People of Color That Began Offering Free Grieving SessionsIn the months since COVID-19 hit, Ethel’s Club has gained members as far afield as Norway and is actively looking to raise money to hire new staffers.
    By Nikita Richardson
  9. small-business stories
    A Greenwich Village Bookshop Pivots to Phone RecommendationsThe staff at Three Lives & Company are spending their days talking up books about historical English gardens and hand-delivering novels.
    By Matthew Sedacca
  10. small-business stories
    A Clothing Store That Eschewed E-Commerce Has an Identity CrisisFor Café Forgot, a purposefully obscure shop off Avenue C, in-person used to be the point.
    By Hilary Reid