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Store block on 9 Ave. latest victims of rising rents

The eastern side of Ninth Avenue between 17th and 18th streets, where Chelsea meets the Meatpacking District, has until now withstood the crosscurrents of change in the area.

It is a place where low-income residents still have homes and small stores prosper. But with a new owner, eight shops on the block -- among them a candy store, a barbershop, a liquor store and a dry cleaner are threatened...

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