Chinatown, Five Years Later: An Audio Diary

From: WFUV
Length: 30:05

A Chinatown business owner shares her audio diary on what life's been like in the five years since the 9/11 attacks. Read the full description.

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Playing: Chinatown, Five Years Later: An Audio Diary
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Chris_small Only a stone?s throw from the World Trade Center site, Chinatown is still rebounding from the impact of the 9/11 attacks. Christina Seid?s family owns the Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory on Bayard Street. She?s been keeping an audio diary and interviewing friends and fellow shopkeepers about what life?s been like over the past five years.

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Only a stone?s throw from the World Trade Center site, Chinatown is still rebounding from the impact of the 9/11 attacks. Christina Seid?s family owns the Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory on Bayard Street. She?s been keeping an audio diary and interviewing friends and fellow shopkeepers about what life?s been like over the past five years.