Sweet City

Sweet City

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These COPS Are Good

A donut shop in the West Village plays with words.

Mahira Rivers
Aug 06, 2025
∙ Paid

At 10 Morton Street in the West Village, a TV flickers soundlessly in one corner of the room. It’s a CRT TV and the video is shaky. All I see are images of lips, fingers, and a glinting silver cross. “Freedom.” from Kesha’s new album plays overhead.

There isn’t much else inside the room, just a stainless-steel counter wrapped in what looks like chain lin…

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