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Candy Store Gothic, Forest Hills, New York – c. 1961

October 26, 2011
Candy Store Gothic, Forest Hills, New York – c. 1961

David L. grew up in Forest Hills in Queens, New York in the 50s and 60s. An advertising executive and gadabout, he now lives in Seattle, Washington. I wish, for just one hour, I could return to my corner candy store. If it had a name, I never knew it. The kids on Kessel Street would simply say: “Meetya round the corner.” And although it was only a block away, it might as well have been in another state. I never saw my mother there; it was an island...

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