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Ben Freedman Gent’s Furnishings on Orchard Street is a family-owned men’s clothing shop which was founded in 1927. It is one of the few surviving old-school stores on the block which was once the discount shopping destination on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Orchard Street became synonymous with fashion and textiles beginning in the 1800s when most of its residents were garment workers inside tenement apartments, which doubled as garment factories and pushcarts owned lined the streets . Today, Ben Freedman’s is owned and operated by Ben’s daughter Sheila and her husband Ari Saks. We not only love this shop’s handpainted signage but also its “lobby” entrance with its enormous window displays which would draw customers in. Let us know if you have visited this Lower East Side gem.
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New Caporal Fried Chicken & Shrimp in Washington Heights was founded in 1968. It became famous for its fried #chicken with its special mix of #Spanish spices and seasonings. Sadly the #restaurant closed in 2011. To hear more about #momandpop stores like this one please join us tonight at THE POWERHOUSE ARENA [Dumbo] @powerhousearena for a Free STORE FRONT II slideshow, discussion and signing as well as FREE wine!
Wednesday Dec 02, 2015 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
37 Main Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
RSVP appreciated: RSVP@powerHouseArena.com #storefront #disappearingfaceofnewyork #script #typography #type #font #signgeeks
Strand Television & Radio in Astoria, Queens was named after the Strand Theater on Broadway which opened in 1941. This television 📺 and radio shop not only sold used models but also relied heavily on income from repairs. We loved how the televisions they had for sale were all stacked on top of one another in the window and the interior of the shop was also lined from floor to ceiling with more televisions. When we photographed the shop in 2006 for our book, “Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York” business was already declining and by 2010 it permanently closed as new television prices had decreased considerably and people no longer bought used televisions or repaired their old televisions and instead just purchased a new model.
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Publix, based in Lakeland FL, is Florida’s predominant supermarket chain, becoming established from the late 1940s. “Where Shopping Is A Pleasure” has continued as their slogan today. One store in Treasure Island features this early 1960s view of what would have been one of the largest supermarkets of its day. Remarkably, three British-built cars feature in this otherwise all-American scene: a Nash Metropolitan coupe, built in Longbridge by Austin,a Hillman Super Minx, and a 2-seater roadster that is possibly an Austin Healey Sprite.
Full post: jamesandkarlamurray.blogspot.com/2017/12/30-years-of-some...
Ray's Candy Store on Avenue A in the East Village @rayscandystore was founded in 1974 by Ray Alvarez. Ray told us that he is one of the few stores near Tompkins Square Park that stays open 24 hours and that he was working behind the counter during the famous riot in 1988. Ray is a generous and sweet man, who always gives our dog, Hudson, free hot dogs when we stop by to visit. Exterior photo from 2009 appears in our book "Store Front II -A History Preserved".
PART 3
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We started our feed to highlight and champion Independently owned businesses in New York City and that is still our main focus today, but we also appreciate small businesses which have grown into big brands as that is a true “mom-and-pop” success story. One business which we love to photograph during the holiday season is the flagship location of Cartier on Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street. Cartier was established in 1847 in Paris when Louis-Francois Cartier took over his master’s watchmaking/jewelry workshop and opened his first boutique store in 1859. Louis-Francois’ son, Alfred Cartier took over the family business in 1874, and introduced Cartier into the royal houses of Europe but Alfred’s three sons Louis, Pierre and Jacques brought the Cartier jewelry💎 designs to worldwide recognition. Pierre, who married a wealthy American socialite, was instrumental in bringing the brand to Manhattan in 1909. He purchased and resold the infamous Hope Diamond 💎, which received much press and then in 1916 cleverly traded a stunning million-dollar two string Pearl necklace at his New York showroom in exchange for a five-story Renaissance marble and limestone mansion owned by Morton Plant, an elderly railroad & steamship magnate who was married to a much younger woman named Masie. Masie was seated next to Pierre at a dinner and told him that she admired the Pearl necklace at his shop but could not afford it. Pierre who knew that Mr. Plant was considering selling his townhouse because he felt that the area was losing its residential feel said to him “Give me your townhouse, and I’ll let you have the necklace.” So two strings of 55 and 73 perfect pearls and $100 were exchanged for a set of keys 🔑 and Cartier moved into the townhouse. After a nearly $900,000 renovation (over $24 million today) to make the space feel like the original opulent Paris shop, their new Fifth Avenue headquarters at the corner of Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street won a gold medal for the best-transformed building in New York. Cartier has occupied the former Plant mansion ever since and the exterior looks very much the same as it did in Plant’s day.
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On Christmas Eve, no meat ❌ is eaten and Catholic families dine with a feast of seven fishes 🐟 prior to midnight mass. The seven is believed to represent the seven sacraments but today some Italian-American families continue the traditional feast but add nine, eleven or even seafood dishes 🐟. In honor of the Feast of the Seven Fishes, we are highlighting Public Fish Market in Harlem. We took this #analog photo in 2004 and it appears in our book “Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York”.
This bar has a very anti-Christmas name but actually is full of lots of holiday decorations 🎅 🎄 lights ✨✨ and garlands. A closer look however 👀 reveals an "unexpected twist". #storefront
We visited @katinka_ny in our livestream YouTube video highlighting small businesses and Christmas decorations in the East Village and spoke with Jane about how she curated the selection at this amazingly colorful shop!
Watch our visit to Katinka
Watch here: www.youtube.com/c/JamesandKarla
In our latest episode, we visit three British-owned 🇬🇧shops including Tea & Sympathy @teaandsympathynyc. We also visit its take-away grocery store, Carry on Tea & Sympathy Tea ☕️ and A Salt & Battery, a Fish & Chip Shop 🐟. •
We speak with the owner, Nicky Perry about the history of the shop and its struggle to survive in the face of rent increases and other operating costs.
We also stroll down many #GreenwichVillage tree-lined streets and visit an independent bookstore and popular bakery.
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Tea & Sympathy is being awarded a Village Award to honor its outstanding service to the neighborhood by Village Preservation - Greenwich Village Society For Historic Preservation on June 12th at 6:30 pm at the Auditorium at The New School 66 West 12th Street. It is free to attend and a reception will follow the award ceremony.
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View of the market house in Winston-Salem, the Efird Brothers storefront, and the
Huyler's Cocoa and Chocolate works in New York. Several Huyler's slogans are printed
on the face of the card: "To enjoy chocolate you must eat Huyler's Nutrio Chocolate
Nutritious-New-Nut-Trio," "A Man is known by the Candy he sends, of course it's Huyler's
she wants," and "Oh So Good! Huyler's Trio Mixture, Soul Kisses, Marshmallows, Old
Fashioned Taffies, Summer Mint Watches."
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Date:
1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915
Location:
Winston-Salem (N.C.); Forsyth County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available
online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html