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'We’re Just Cleaning, Not Going Anywhere.' How Small Businesses On Two City Blocks Are Weathering Coronavirus

By Emily Guerin
Published May 4, 2020 2:52 PM
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Globe Cleaners on Lincoln Boulevard in Venice is now selling masks. The store has seen an uptick in drop-off laundry from people trying to avoid laundromats. Emily Guerin/LAist
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Back in mid-March, when there was a new coronavirus regulation nearly every dayand no one knew quite what to expect, I visited almost every small business along a two-block section of Lincoln Boulevard in Venice.

Last week, I went back and found them in varying stages of survival.

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