More pleasant than the chaotic St Marks Place one block south, East 9th between Second Ave and Avenue A is a good intro to the vintage stores and curio shops of the East Village.

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The art market must be a second derivative of the dramatic increase in the net worth of the 99.9th percentile both here and abroad.

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It is also very close to Victory Day, May 9th, the day that marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War.

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