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Vol. 34, No. 5
In This Issue
Memories of a Murder
In this First Focus article published in the November 2010 issue of City Limits. We examine the case
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The Casualties
A lot of small businesses aren't getting the assistance they need to become more competitive.
The Holdouts
The lead article in our November 2010 issue of City Limits magazine profiles those small businesses
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Rockin' On: Forest Avenue in West Brighton
Along the four-mile route that Forest Avenue traces across the northern section of Staten Island, th
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BIDs These Days: The ups and downs of Business Improvement Districts
When Robert Walsh--a veteran of the city's first business improvement district, in Union Square--was
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The Strip
"If you're the manager of a chain, a clean sidewalk doesn't change the numbers on the register."
The Casualties
"A lot of small businesses aren't getting the assistance they need to become more competitive."
The Survivors
"People want to shop local. There is a big movement around it, and people understand it."
November 2010
The deli that gives credit. The diner with the perfect burger. The clothier who knows your size. Small businesses help make New York's neighborhoods what they are. But on many retail strips, a City Limits investigation finds, they are disappearing.
Competition from chain stores, rising commercial rents and the lingering recession are part of the pressure. But city and state policies, on everything from parking enforcement to zoning, are also squeezing small businesses.
What separates the businesses who make it from those who fail? What could government do to help mom and pop firms survive? And what will neighborhoods look like if they don't?
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Top Chain Stores in New York City
Chains aren't the only challenge to 'mom and pop' businesses in New York City, but the proliferation
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The Life And Death Of The Mom-n-Pop
The deli that gives credit. The diner with the perfect burger. The clothier who knows your size. Sma
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Small Businesses On The Edge In Bay Ridge
In an excerpt from the City Limits magazine investigation of small businesses in New York, a look at
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About City Limits Magazine
City Limits Magazine is devoted to the in-depth investigation of pressing civic issues in New York City. Driven by a mission to inform public discourse, the Magazine provides the factual reporting, human faces, data, history and breadth of knowledge necessary to understanding the nuances, complexities and hard truths of the city, its politics and its people.
