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"View Slideshow\n\nStep into the elegant wine shop Pasanella &amp;amp; Son Vintners today and you'd have no idea that the store was under nearly seven feet of murky water just over two months ago. The only vestige from Hurricane Sandy, which devastated this part of Lower Manhattan, is a chalky white coating on the brick walls up to where the water crested.\n\nPinterestFacebookArchitect turned vintner Marco Pasanella. Photo:\u00A0Lucas Allen, courtesy of Pasanella &amp;amp; Son Vintners\n\n Owner Marco Pasanella, an accomplished architect and interior designer who opened the shop in 2006, has lived in the neighborhood with his family for the past decade. \"I used to love our quiet, historic neighborhood on the waterfront, just steps from Wall Street,\" Pasanella says. \"Now that it's empty, I still love it, but I'm looking forward to a little more hubbub.\" Incredibly, Pasanella managed to resurrect his store in just three weeks. Whereas many of his neighbors were far less fortunate and are still dealing with uninhabitable buildings, Pasanella's longtime curse\u2014not having a basement to house the structure's mechanicals such as water and heat\u2014ended up saving him and his business. \"Something I always complained about before became what helped us to reopen so quickly,\" he explains.\n\nPinterestFacebookThe shop shortly after Hurricane Sandy flooded Lower Manhattan. Photo courtesy of Pasanella &amp;amp; Son Vintners\n\n Beyond that simple twist of fate, Pasanella acknowledges that the generosity and elbow grease of his neighbors and friends\u2014who helped move cases of wine up and down the stairs and scoured every surface with bleach-and-Lysol\u2013soaked rags\u2014is what truly helped restore the shop to its pre-hurricane level of chic.\n\nPinterestFacebookA 1964 Fiat 500 Giardiniera, once used to deliver wine, is now the centerpiece of the shop. Photo: Jacqueline Terrebonne\n\nDespite the past year's trials, Pasanella feels there's much to be happy for as he begins 2013. \"We're celebrating having overcome Sandy with so much support from friends, neighbors, and customers,\" he says. \"We're hoping to continue to see those people in the new year\u2014and that Sandy loses our address.\"\n\nClick here for six of Pasanella's favorite sparkling wines perfect for any celebration."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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