Jake the Legend Jennings Street Market, The Bronx 1942 His establishment was adjacent to The Family Shoe Store. As far as I was concerned Jake had no address, no building number, just a street name. This cherry-cheeked gnome’s venue with his wife beside him was an 8’ space on the sidewalk in Jennings Street Market.… Continue reading Jake the Legend
Tag: East Bronx
My Corduroy Knickers
A manufacturer produces a corduroy fabric. Machines roll them into bolts of cloth then are shipped to their merchants. What becomes of the fabric can become an adventure that its creator could have never imagined. A fractional bolt of brown corduroy cloth ended up at a mini-store in the East Bronx, then this tale… Continue reading My Corduroy Knickers