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Work Delay Blocks Street, Profits

Photo By: Matthew Townsend/NYCity News Service
BLOCKED BLOCK: A snagged construction project has turned a stretch of Orchard Street into an urban obstacle course.
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Sloan Mandell thought he had found the perfect spot to open his jewelry store when he rented a space on Orchard St. In the first week, his store, Exhibitionist, cleared $5,000 in sales.

“We all thought we were going to be rich,” Mandell said of himself and his partners. The following week the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks took place. Read More

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