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Pearl River Mart is an Asian-American retail brand and family-run business in New York City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The business was founded in 1971 in Chinatown, Manhattan , as Chinese Native Products by Ming Yi Chen and a group of student activists from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
Chelsea Market is a food hall, [2] shopping mall, ... Anchor stores include Pearl River Mart, Chelsea Market Baskets, Posman Books, Sarabeth's Bakery, ...
The pond occupied approximately 48 acres (190,000 m 2) and was as deep as 60 feet (18 m). [1] Fed by an underground spring, it was located in a valley, with Bayard Mount (at 110 feet or 34 metres the tallest hill in lower Manhattan) to the northeast and Kalck Hoek (Dutch for Chalk Point, named for the numerous oyster shell middens left by the indigenous Native American inhabitants) to the west.
In 2019, the museum relaunched their gift store with a new partner, the Asian American retail brand Pearl River Mart. Called MOCA Shop by Pearl River, the store is a "curated collection of items that hold great meaning in Chinese American culture."
Doyers Street looking toward Pell Street in 2014. Doyers Street follows the old route of a stream. [4] From 1893 to 1911, 5–7 Doyers Street was the site of the first Chinese language theater in New York City.
At the 2000 United States Census, the Community Board had a population of 93,119 (down from 94,105 in 1990 but up from 87,069 in 1980).The ethnic breakdown of the area was 69,683 (74.8%) Non-Hispanic White, 2,226 (2.4%) African American, 13,622 (14.6%) Asian American or Pacific Islander, 74 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 324 (0.3%) of some other race, 1,860 (2.0%) of two or more ...
[2] [3] It is delimited by the East River on the east, the Brooklyn Bridge on the south, Pearl Street, Baxter Street, Canal Street, Bowery and Fourth Avenue on the west, as well as by the 14th Street on the north. Its current chair is Paul Rangel, and its district manager Susan Stetzer. [4]
Greeley Square. Herald Square proper is the north end of the square between West 34th and 35th streets. The old New York Herald Building was located on the square. The square contains a huge mechanical clock whose mechanical structures were constructed in 1895 by the sculptor Antonin Jean Carles. [1]