MIDTOWN MANHATTAN – Stores around Madison Square Garden usually experience a boom in business during the NBA season. But due to the NBA lockout in its fifth week, some neighboring stores are feeling the financial pressure. Thomas Tallaphro, a sales representative at Footaction across the street, said that during the NBA season they would make [...]
Hattitude
Christopher Samuel contributed to this report. A Brooklyn hattery insists that its customers make their hats, instead of letting their hats make them. “Hats are no longer just an accessory, but the main article of clothing,” said Joe, the single-monikered owner of Malchijah Hats on DeKalb. Locating their boutique in the artsy melting pot of Fort Greene, partners Joe and [...]




