2. Ridgewood, NY -- Brooklyn and Queens, past and present

Shopping Knickerbocker Avenue, November 1986

A pleasant November day, probably early in the month. Shot with an Olympus XA-4 28mm clamshell. The film was probably some ISO 400 film, maybe Kodacolor.
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  • One of the great things about the Italian stores was the vast offering of cheeses. That's all gone now.
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  • Guttman's store front had the old-fashioned bays. Which I love.
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  • Nice place. You could get some pretty good-quality merchandise here. Today, it's all 99-cent stores hawking Chinese goods. Hey, it's a global economy, kids. Like it.
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  • The sun in its going down plunges half the avenue into deep shade. The next image shows how the shade can be relieved by Photoshop.
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  • This paint store was in business in 1955 and earlier. It's still in operation, only the "Peper Bros" is gone, as well as the "P" and "S" -- thus, today the facade just says "AINT." The store is on Greene Avenue, just yards north of Knickerbocker Avenue.
  • Mom providing some human interest.
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  • Anybody remember Dr. Joseph Ruisi, orthodontist, or Dr. Jeffrey F. Osinitsky, podiatrist?
  • Mom meets a couple of denizens of Greene Avenue several doors north of the paint store.
  • Down-to-earth American folks they are.
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