By Paul Bisceglio The shop owners at 314 Canal St. say they feel lucky to be alive after a car smashed into their storefront Tuesday, Aug. 21. According to police and witnesses, a black Mercedes made an illegal U-turn on Canal by Mercer Street and clipped the rear of a green Subaru, which shot 
—Compiled by Adel Manoukian, Alissa Fleck and Paul Bisceglio Is Canal Street ‘Manhattan’s Next Great Retail Frontier’? When most New Yorkers think of Canal Street, they probably don’t think of quality retail. Melinda Miller of Winick Realty Group, however, wants to usher in a new era for the downtown commercial street. “For Canal Street, it’s 
By Paul Bisceglio When most New Yorkers think of Canal Street, they probably don’t think of quality retail. There the goods tend to come rolled out on street vendor mats with the brands misspelled, not behind glass windows in fine shopping plazas. Melinda Miller of Winick Realty Group, however, wants to usher in a 
