Ted Shaffrey And Deepti Hajela
Steve Olsen, the owner of the West Bank Café, reads the specials over the phone to a to-go customer in the empty restaurant, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in the Hell s Kitchen neighborhood of New York. The boarded-up windows and For Rent signs are all over the place in Manhattanâs Hellâs Kitchen neighborhood. Nearby, the Broadway theaters are all dark. But the economic darkness brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has had a few bright spots. A couple of well-loved venues have gotten financial boosts, thanks to online fundraising campaigns and even a telethon. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)