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Last night's fog provided a stunning backdrop for photos in Tompkins Square Park … these shots are from EVG regular Grant Shaffer…
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…and an aerial view via EVG reader Anna…
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De Blasio has frequented the Greenwich Village institution for about 30 years, according to John Vezza, one of the shop's co-owners.
"He's been coming since he was in college [at NYU]," Vezza said.
Hizzoner sits in Alberto Amore’s chair and practices his Italian on the Sicily native.
"He loves to speak in Italian. He calls me professor because I only speak in Italian," Amore said with pride. "He reads the paper in Italian. If there's a word he doesn’t understand, he says, ‘What does it mean, this.'"