Tiedemann’s: Grocery store across from the Hebrew Center.I bought scads of LPs there back in high school, waiting with bated breath for their big sales that would be advertised in the Sunday Times. E.J Korvette: Home to a great record department.A Nedick’s later re-opened across from Penn Station: “Back after 25 years!”, though it closed again. Nedick's: Coffee shop in the Korvette's parking lot changed to “Dickens” when Nedick’s went under a simple rearrangement of the letters.I bounded back and forth between the two. My dad was there every Saturday morning, protesting the Vietnam War (sometimes being spat upon by other Nanuetters), while my mom was a few steps away at Saturday services. The Peace Vigil: SE corner of 59 and Middletown.Shoppers’ Paradise: Monstrous and depressing market up Pipetown in Spring Valley.Mapleways Bowling Alley: Just up from Grant's and Don-Len's When it closed, Nova Lighting took its place, along with Gaylin's, where my mom said you could find any houseware item you could ever imagine.I remember once I went with Janice Lowenstein and her mom. I went there several times as a little boy. Miniature Golf: Located where the Nanuet Theater-Go-Round was, right by the tracks on 59.Electronics 59: My dad used to take me with him to "test his tubes" on the machines in the front window.Hong Luck: Old style “chow mein” restaurant on 59.We assumed they were Italian, but actually they were Albanian. His philanthropic foundation is a high-profile supporter of NPR. Grant had over a thousand stores in the USA until the 70s, when they slowly faded away. I remember a little "ride" they had there with a red plastic bucket seat, it went round in vertical circles. Grant and Company:"Grants" next to Grand Way, with its big orange-lettered sign. Don-Len's Diner: Originally the Hialeah, now the Nanuet, it'll always be Don-Len's to me, Kenny Braziller, Cheryl Kantor, and so many others.Buy-Rite: The brick toy store at the corner of 59 and Middletown, with its series of arched windows.Durland Boats: In the Grand Way parking lot.Martin, way up in Samsondale, past the mothball fleet. The Pub: It was owned by Donna Padilla for a while.Hobbies: Market at the Golden Triangle.Even though they didn't, I insisted on referring to it by this name. The Overmeyers bought it in the 70s, and I told them they should call it "The Glass Onion". Elliot’s: Little candy store/grill on Church across from the Highview playground.Om: Nanuet's first (and only) head shop.Charlie's Meat Market: Involved in some sort of numbers racket in the late 70s.Never compared to Rex, at least according to my brothers. Jocar Pizza: SE corner of Orchard and Main, now All State. ![]() Yes, once upon a time people actually repaired their shoes.
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