Taras Shevchenko Place in New York: how 'little Ukraine' lives in downtown Manhattan

In New York, there is a block with shops, restaurants and cafes of traditional Ukrainian cuisine. One of the shops is the embodiment of the dream of a Ukrainian who managed to overtake five American competitors. This is stated in the plot. TSN.

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"Little Ukraine in the midst New York

The street, named after one of the greatest Ukrainian poets Taras Shevchenko, was located just in the center of Manhattan - it connects the 6 and 7 streets between Second and Third Avenues in East Village.

This street was originally known as Hall Street, and then as Hall Place. So it was named after Charles Henry Hall, a landowner from Harlem, who sold this land to the city 23 December 1828 year.

In 1978, the city council renamed the street, naming it after the Ukrainian poet.

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