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Hey, what are you doing right now? Head to our #DocumentedTalks event about the future of Chinatown. We& #39;re just getting started. Register: https://docu.nyc/chinatown
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Journalist @xqrong is interviewing:
- Wellington Chen, executive director of @ChinatownNYC
- Joanne Kwong, president of @PearlRiver_Mart
- Yin Kong, founder of @ThinkChinatown. If you have questions for the panelists please tweet at us with the #DocumentedTalks hashtag.
- Wellington Chen, executive director of @ChinatownNYC
- Joanne Kwong, president of @PearlRiver_Mart
- Yin Kong, founder of @ThinkChinatown. If you have questions for the panelists please tweet at us with the #DocumentedTalks hashtag.
Chinatown was hemorrhaging business before the pandemic had shut down the rest of NYC, says @xqrong, due to rumors about the virus& #39;s origins. What were those early days like?
"We were the first ones to take that dive, and we haven& #39;t recovered from that dive. Now we& #39;re dealing with the second virus -- xenophobia," says Wellington Chen with @ChinatownNYC #DocumentedTalks
Last summer, there were 312 restaurants open in Chinatown. Now, the area has 29 restaurants open.
We& #39;re speaking now with Joanne Kwong of Pearl River Mart, the iconic Chinatown shop that recently shuttered. "At the time, I was most worried about our employees who were older," she says.
@lamthuyvo penned a community love letter to the shop.
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@lamthuyvo penned a community love letter to the shop.
The next 18 months to 3 years are going to be very difficult for small businesses. Without a landlord who views tenants as partners, the local economy can& #39;t recover, says Kwong of @PearlRiver_Mart.
She has some good news, however. Pearl River Mart is reopening in Chinatown!
She has some good news, however. Pearl River Mart is reopening in Chinatown!
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NYC used ZIP code data to determine who needed pandemic relief. So Chinatown, which is close to SoHo, was excluded, and small businesses have suffered, says Yin Kong of @ThinkChinatown.
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