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Raul Candy Store – East Village, NYC – Uptown Correspondent, Iman R. Abdulfattah

An Avenue B Mainstay © Iman R. Abdulfattah

A fine interview, Making It, can be found at The Local East Village – September 19, 2012. Apparently opening its doors in 1976 on Avenue D,  then moving to 208 Avenue B five years later, finally landing at 205 Avenue B, owner Petra Oliveiri tells a story of the gentrification of Loisada and the resilience of a Puerto Rican bodega.