ADIn the 107 days since McFadden and other local businesses were forced to close, this community of Mott Haven has been ravaged by the coronavirus and roiled by unrest. ADMcFadden, whose family has served the neighborhood for nearly half a century, wondered how and when it would end. He already knew of more than a dozen people who had succumbed to the disease caused by the virus. McFadden inherited the shop from his father, Famous McFadden Jr., and the elder man’s 2011 funeral notice remains affixed to the wall. He swept the cut hair off the floor and locked the front door before counting the day’s earnings.

Source: Washington Post July 18, 2020 12:06 UTC