I frequented the downtown East Village Yaffa Café at 97 St Marks St. NYC, many times while attending The School of Visual Arts on 23rd St.
I wept to witness its departure in 2014. Another last of true bohemia in the United States.
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I frequented the downtown East Village Yaffa Café at 97 St Marks St. NYC, many times while attending The School of Visual Arts on 23rd St.
I wept to witness its departure in 2014. Another last of true bohemia in the United States.