A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from May 13, 2020
“Marijuana is legal. Haircuts are not. It took fifty years, but the hippies have finally won”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in some businesses being declared essential, and others as non-essential (and illegal).
   
“From Facebook: Marijuana is now legal, but not haircuts. The hippies have finally won” was posted on Twitter by Brian O’Connell on May 13, 2020. “Marijuana is legal but haircuts are not. The hippies have finally won” was posted on Twitter by Rob Z later on May 13, 2020. “Marijuana is legal. Haircuts are not. It took 50 years, but hippies have finally won” was posted on Twitter by Djraj515Alive also on May 13, 2020.
   
   
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
           
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Brian O’Connell
@ocathome
From Facebook: Marijuana is now legal, but not haircuts. The hippies have finally won.
4:59 AM · May 13, 2020·TweetDeck
 
Twitter
Rob Z
@RobZyo
Marijuana is legal but haircuts are not. The hippies have finally won
12:35 PM · May 13, 2020 from Pennsylvania, USA·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Djraj515Alive
@djrajdsm
Marijuana is legal. Haircuts are not. It took 50 years, but hippies have finally won
5:50 PM · May 13, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Bob Golen
@BobGolen
Marijuana is legal.  Haircuts are not.  The hippies have won.
6:22 PM · May 13, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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Gregory Harshfield
@HarshfieldGreg
Hold up… marijuana is legal but haircuts are not? It took fifty years, but the hippies finally won!
6:58 PM · May 13, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Crazy Pe0ples
May 13, 2020 ·
Marijuana is legal. Haircuts are not. It took fifty years, but the hippies have finally won.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Wednesday, May 13, 2020 • Permalink


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