Thanks for pointing these out Vincenzo! © Frank H. Jump
Formerly owned by Dimas Otero. It will now be a Yemeni market.
Thanks for pointing these out Vincenzo! © Frank H. Jump
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Civil Service Book Shop – 89 Worth Street – NYC
© Frank H. Jump
The Civil Service Bookshop at 89 Worth Street in Lower Manhattan has an old yellow sign that says “Civil Service Test Books” and “Latest Paperbacks.” So what’s the deal, I needled the owner, Roslyn Rosenfeld, you need the test books to get the job, and then the paperbacks to read, on the job? “Don’t be a wise guy, I’ve had a hard day,” Ms. Rosenfeld snapped on Wednesday. “I’m really not in the mood.” – COREY KILGANNON – NY TIMES – She Sells the Books on the Civil Service – February 5, 2009,
E & G Model Shop – 45 Canal Street – LES, NYC
© Vincenzo Aiosa
Reportedly built in 1910, 45 Canal Street is now in its centennial year. And as evidenced by the engraved stone in the brickwork, the building was once the “E&G Model Shop,” a seemingly forgotten business about which little seems to be written (anyone know?). Later in life, the address became home to Kunst Electrical Appliances on the ground level. – Broadway Boogie dot com
