you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich.dn't afford a haircut. >> during that time we kept saying the coffee shop was the living room of the valley. people would come to make sure they were okay. >> we checked on each other and patronized each other. i would get a cup of coffee, shirt, they would get a haircut. >> this is a generous and kind community. people would be like i am getting the toffee for the guy behind me and some days it went on and on. it was amazing to watch. we saw a perfect picture of community. we are all in this together. >> since we began to reopen one year later, we will emerge stronger. we will emerge better as a city because we are still here and we stand in solidarity with one another. >> when we opened up august 1st. i will not say it was all good. we are still struggling due to covid. it affected a lot of people. >> we are still in the pandemic right now. things are opening up a little bit. it is great to have space to come together. i did a three painting series of visitation valley and the busine

you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich.rary, bank of america with a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. resta

you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. restaurants that had to adapt t

you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. library, bank of america with a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. r

you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. restaurants that had to adapt t

you think of buffalo kitchen, chinese food, pork buns, sandwich. a parking lot. the market where you can grab anything. amazing food choices, nail salons. basically everything you need is here. >> a lot of these businesses up and down leland are family owned. people running them are family. when you come here and you have an uncle and nephew and go across the street and have the guy and his dad. lisa and her daughter in the dog parlor and pam. it is very cool. >> is small businesses make the neighborhood unique. >> new businesses coming. in mission blue, gourmet chocolate manufacturing. the corridor has changed and is continuing to change. we hope to see more businesses coming in the near future. >> this is what is needed. first, stay home. unless it is absoluteliness scary. social distancing is the most important step right now to limit spread of virus. cancel all nonessential gather everythings. >> when the pandemic litly land avenue suffered like other corridors. a few nail salons couldn't operate. they shut down. restaurants that had to adapt t

buffalo soldiers who served at west point. >> he was raised in manhattan's hell's kitchen and now lives in the capital region. our tucker has his story. >> the buffalo soldiers. >> they were some of the army's bravest fighters shift historically. >> the most did you have an idea at the time that you are kind of making history >> no. >> the new. >> people expected him to fail or expected them to not perform to high standards. so they use that as motivation. >> the all black cavalry regiments were established after the civil war there nickname likely coined during westward expansion by their native american foes impressed by their fighting prowess and referring to the soldiers, curly hair, as well as their buffalo skin coats. >> they took it as a badge of pride during conflicts and wars. they served with distinction, best known for their horsemanship. what's going on so in this picture you can see this is our indoor riding call and that the. >> it was one of the largest indoor riding arena is in the >> during world war 2, some of the buffalo soldiers were stationed at west point. their job to train the mostly wh

, who is 100 years old, is believed to be the last of the buffalo soldiers who served at west point. he was raised in manhattan's hell's kitchene capital region. onya tucker has his story. >> the buffalo soldiers. >> they were some of the army's bravest fighters shift historically. >> the most on did you have an idea at the time that you are kind of making history >> no. the people expected them to fail or expected them to not perform to high standards. so they use that as motivation. >> the all black cavalry regiments were established after the civil war there nickname likely coined during westward expansion by their native american foes impressed by their fighting prowess and referring to the soldiers, curly hair, as well as their buffalo skin coats. >> they took it as a badge of pride during conflicts and wars. they served with distinction, best known for their horsemanship. what's going on so in this picture you can see this is our indoor riding all been that the. >> it was one of the largest indoor riding arena is in the >> during world war 2, some of the buffalo soldiers were stationed at west point. their job to train t