These sad photos of NYC's gentrification show chain stores replacing local businesses

... corporate replacements in a new book, Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York . For instance, East Village institution 2nd Ave Deli - which opened in 1954 - became a Chase bank in 2006 when the deli moved: Yes, the photos are a major bummer - ...

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