Actually two. But they are side by side on 13th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, so I put them together. To me, they look like they might have been made by the same sign company around the same time.
My Dad who is now deceased was Holtzman of Holtzman & Paris. He started this business when he came to America after being in the concentration camps @ Ghetto Lodz. I am happy and sad to see this, Let me tell all that I am so proud of who my dad was and will always be A loving daughter
I was happy and sad to see your post, Anonymous. Your father was a good man. And he had good taste in signs. Can you tell me who "Paris" was? And when did the shop pass out of family hands?
The original, running Jeremiad on the vestiges of Old New York as they are steamrolled under or threatened by the currently ruthless real estate market and the City Fathers' disregard for Gotham's historical and cultural fabric. Est. January 2006. Contact Me
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
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good stuff
My Dad who is now deceased was
Holtzman of Holtzman & Paris. He started this business when he came to America after being in the concentration camps @ Ghetto Lodz.
I am happy and sad to see this, Let me tell all that I am so proud of who my dad was and will always be
A loving daughter
I was happy and sad to see your post, Anonymous. Your father was a good man. And he had good taste in signs. Can you tell me who "Paris" was? And when did the shop pass out of family hands?
shelly...that was a very good post...what a great picture of nostalgia!!
Paris still works there. He is in his 80s and still goes to work every day.
I'm sorry to report that Paskez Candy has closed. The sign has come down and new restaurant is in the works.
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