Siddiqui has positioned herself as a progressive champion, promising to lift the city’s lowest. But eight women who have worked for Siddiqui since 2017 allege that the mayor created a toxic work environment at odds with her public image.
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The People s Republik is the latest Cambridge institution to permanently close its doors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After temporarily closing Dec. 4, owner Robert Blair confirmed to the Boston Globe he s shuttering the Soviet-themed bar for good after 23 years of business.
A rite of passage for transient university students and a staple for longtime locals, People s Republik served as a simultaneous reminder of Cambridge s universality and singularity.
With an unmistakably bold red and yellow exterior, the bar s closure will leave a hole in the city s mosaic. Locally owned businesses are so central to our sense of self. Their closure, I think, has threatened our sense of cultural identity, said Theo Skeadas, executive director of Cambridge Local First. We really are afraid to see what the city will look like, what the streetscapes will look like, when the pandemic is over. A lot of our businesses have closed and are not coming back.