Reopening Near the Rubble / Merchants assess losses, wonder when sales will pick up NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition

Typical is Parry Patel, 30, who sits inside a small newsstand on the corner of Broadway and John Street, a block from the site of the attack. He returned to work Monday, but thousands of his customers, from the Twin Towers and neighboring buildings, may never come back. Business is down 80 percent f...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author Elizabeth Sanger and Jane Flanagan. STAFF WRITERS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 26.09.2001
EditionCombined editions
Subjects
Location of industry
Retail sales
Retail stores
Terrorism
New York City New York
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Summary:Typical is Parry Patel, 30, who sits inside a small newsstand on the corner of Broadway and John Street, a block from the site of the attack. He returned to work Monday, but thousands of his customers, from the Twin Towers and neighboring buildings, may never come back. Business is down 80 percent from pre-Sept. 11 receipts, he said. Although sidewalks are packed with tourists and gawkers, "they come to take pictures and that's it," he said. Patel, a Flushing resident, said it cost $300 to have the shop cleaned and he tossed candy and cigarettes in the garbage. He hopes that when the barricades come down and the West side of Broadway is passable that traffic will increase. The spruced-up McDonald's is in stark contrast to Chelsea Jeans two blocks north on Broadway, where time has stood still since the hijacked planes flew into the Twin Towers, coating pants and sweaters with a thick layer of white powder. Workers wearing gas masks sat in a corner, waiting for insurance inspectors to survey the scene.