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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 1969 file photo, former Associated Press ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:11:04 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Jan. 5, 1969 file photo, former Associated Press freelance photographer Felice Quinto is shown on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York. Quinto, a renowned celebrity photographer and the likely model for the character Paparazzo in Federico Fellini's 1960 film 'La Dolce Vita,' has died. He was 80. Quinto died of pneumonia on Jan. 16 in Rockville, Md., his wife, Geraldine Quinto, said Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo, File)

CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING DEVELOPMENT NAME The New York ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:43:50 GMT

(Reuters) - CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTING DEVELOPMENT NAME The New York City Housing Authority Housing Developments on the Lower East Side (bottom C) is seen in New York, in this October 26, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CITYSCAPE)

Rhonda (Roni-Sue) Kaye plucks a chocolate truffle from the shelf ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:20:46 GMT

(AP) - Rhonda (Roni-Sue) Kaye plucks a chocolate truffle from the shelf in her chocolate shop located in the Essex Street Market in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The market , which opened in 1940 in order to get pushcart vendors off the streets, is now home to specialty food shops like Roni-Sue's, along with fresh produce and meat vendors. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

A young man shops for clothing at John Varvatos' boutique, located ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:20:22 GMT

(AP) - A young man shops for clothing at John Varvatos' boutique, located inside the now-defunct CBGB rock club on the Bowery in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The Varvatos collection features luxury menswear, including $225 pullovers and $800 leather jackets. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

The recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue, a National ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:20:00 GMT

(AP) - The recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue, a National Historic Landmark, features elaborate lighting as seen from a balcony overhead in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

A stained glass window featuring a Star of David lets light ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:19:49 GMT

(AP) - A stained glass window featuring a Star of David lets light into the recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue, a National Historic Landmark on Manhattan's Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The synagogue reopened in 2007 after a 20-year, $17.45 million restoration. Founded in 1887, the congregation was in a neighborhood of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Today it's part of Chinatown. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Two tablets displaying the Ten Commandments are located over ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:19:19 GMT

(AP) - Two tablets displaying the Ten Commandments are located over the altar at the recently-restored 1887 era Eldridge Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The tablet at right was left the way it was discovered before the synagogue's 20-year $17.45 million restoration. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

An employee is dwarfed by merchandise as he walks down the aisle ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:18:56 GMT

(AP) - An employee is dwarfed by merchandise as he walks down the aisle beside floor-to-ceiling racks of colorful sweets at Economy Candy in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The store, located in Manhattan's Lower East Side, opened in 1937. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Economy Candy owner Jerry Cohen stands beside a push cart outside ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:18:46 GMT

(AP) - Economy Candy owner Jerry Cohen stands beside a push cart outside the store his father opened 1937, on the Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Jelly beans in a rainbow's array of colors are displayed at ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:18:25 GMT

(AP) - Jelly beans in a rainbow's array of colors are displayed at Economy Candy in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Owner Jerry Cohen's father opened the store in 1937. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Marianne Skoglund of Orebro, Sweden, coddles an armload of jelly ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:18:15 GMT

(AP) - Marianne Skoglund of Orebro, Sweden, coddles an armload of jelly beans while shopping with a friend at Economy Candy on the Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Owned by Jerry and Ilene Cohen, the candy store opened in 1937. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

A worker takes a break while setting up for the opening of 'Live ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:18:03 GMT

(AP) - A worker takes a break while setting up for the opening of 'Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton,' at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Guide Stephen Flicker speaks during a tour of an apartment inside ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:17:41 GMT

(AP) - Guide Stephen Flicker speaks during a tour of an apartment inside the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Located in a five-story apartment building, the museum features tours that tell the stories of immigrant families who lived there between 1863 and 1935. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Steve Flicker leads a tour at the Tenement Museum on the Lower ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:17:20 GMT

(AP) - Steve Flicker leads a tour at the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Guided tours tell the stories of immigrant families who lived there between 1863 and 1935. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

The skyline of the Lower East Side, where sleek new buildings ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:16:54 GMT

(AP) - The skyline of the Lower East Side, where sleek new buildings like the New Museum of Contemporary Art, left, coexist with modern luxury condominiums, is visible from the New Museum's balcony in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Undergarments from the Orchard Corset Center are displayed ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:16:18 GMT

(AP) - Undergarments from the Orchard Corset Center are displayed in the store's window in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Despite it's dreary surroundings, the corset center is well-known as a place for fast service and personal bra fittings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

The Empire State Building is visible through the filigree of ...

(AP) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:16:04 GMT

(AP) - The Empire State Building is visible through the filigree of a wrought iron railing on a patio of a room at the Blue Moon Hotel on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The 22-room boutique hotel opened in March 2006 in an 1879 building that has been painstakingly restored. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

An employee prepares a sandwich on a toasted sesame pancake ...

(AP) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:58:41 GMT

(AP) - An employee prepares a sandwich on a toasted sesame pancake at Vanessa's Dumpling House on Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)