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Tina’s, the 1st Bushwick Diner

Audio slideshow by Shanon Firth

Tina’s, the 1st Bushwick Diner

Tina’s, the 1st Bushwick Diner

Audio slideshow by Shanon Firth

Tina’s, the 1st Bushwick Diner

Audio slideshow by Shanon Firth

Text by Chester Soria

Athina Skermo refused to sit down.

She walked through her diner and wiped down the fake wooden tabletops that were one shade brighter than the wood paneling throughout the space. Skermo, 60, was well into the fifth hour of her workday by 8:30 a.m.

“I threw my back out yesterday,” she said as she pushed a chair…

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